Among the most broadening things a person can do is to read and to travel. Reading allows the reader to be anyone, experience anything, and go anywhere at any time – past, present or future. Traveling shows that everywhere is not planned like the City of Irvine but, nevertheless, people can be happy in other places. And, conversely, it can make the travelers appreciate the places that they live much more. But why stop there? We can learn about and even visit totally different and exciting places, such as the world underwater, crystals and microscopic life and astronomy. The list of exciting subjects is endless. So don’t sit back and wait until you “have the money” or “have the time,” do it now! And show this by example to your children and grandchildren – or, better yet, take them with you!Of course, it is true that one of the biggest revolutions in history is the creation of the Internet, and we can explore and learn a great deal from it. In fact, one of my favorite cartoons shows a 1 year-old boy in diapers and in explosive tears while on the telephone saying “No Grandma, you push F8!” But often the electronic gadgets are being vastly overdone by our younger generations – and they don’t have the intimacy of reading or traveling. All of us have the Liberty to choose what we do in our spare time, but my vote is reading and traveling. And family trips and explorations can be life events and engender a great deal of bonding and fun along the way.
Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)
2012 Libertarian candidate for Vice President,
along with Governor Gary Johnson as the candidate for President
2012 Libertarian candidate for Vice President,
along with Governor Gary Johnson as the candidate for President
** Here is my favorite quote from that great philosopher Yogi Berra, which is:
“We’re lost, but we’re making good time.”
“We’re lost, but we’re making good time.”
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There is a store in Westminster, California that provides really good hour-long massages for $25. But for many years I have purchased from them a book of coupons for ten massages for the price of nine. Here, of course, the buyer and seller have the Liberty to make this deal or not. So let’s ask some questions about why both of us would benefit from this deal in which I am paying and they are receiving $2.50 less for each massage.
Liberty means that we have choices. In fact, in our great country it is enshrined in our Declaration of Independence that we have the ability to pursue happiness but, as Benjamin Franklin famously said, we have to catch it on our own. And this same reality exists regarding one’s belief in fate, which can lead to feelings of entitlement and defeat, as opposed to choices, hard work and sacrifice, which can lead to gratification and victory. (Remember that Hitler lost a “gimmie” of European domination because he believed he was fated to set up a Thousand-Year Reich, whereas Churchill saved the world with his positive attitude of Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat – and Victory!)
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