In this twenty-first century, it might be called normal for most people go about staring ahead of them, day by day. Which, admittedly, is usually a guarantee that they won't stroll out onto I-87, or bump into some vexatious person whom one would rather not meet, and in most cases insures that he won't fall off an unfathomable precipice.*
With me, it's quite different- I don't stare ahead of myself. Not usually anyhow. It gets quite tiresome, and there is much more to life, than what's in front of you. Applying The Principle of Looking Up and Down (TPLUD) considerably enhances the prospect of life. In short: I mainly go about my day looking either up or down. And my! Quite a few interesting things to see there. Above are the incredible contours of Cirrus, Cumulus, and Cumulonimbus clouds, flocks of birds, and occasionally a UFO, or two. Not to mention that beautiful, luminous sphere that happens to be about 4. 2 billion years old.
Now, ever so often you get a neck ache from looking up. Here's the point when you look down. To an unpracticed eye, one might see a bunch of grass, a few dandelions, some obstinate chewing gum stuck to the street, or perhaps a sleeping cat. The latter might not seem very probable, or useful to note, but let's just suppose for a minute that you hadn't seen the cat, and you just happened to step on its tail. Everyone knows the horrific consequent of such a deed, and the simply ghastly results.† Another benefit of watching the ground is the vital noticing of potholes and wet cement. But besides being saved from such catastrophic events, TPLUD has some brighter results. Such as discovering ancient pennies (or twenty dollar bills), and four-leaf clovers. (Not necessarily four-leaves. Five or six would be interesting as well.)
As with most things, the more practice, the easier it gets. Some professionals (*cough*) can manage to find several four and five-leaf clovers in 20 minutes, and can make Bactrian Camels out of every cloud that passes. Take note that it takes some while to become that accomplished. Nevertheless, all it takes is steadfast determination and a considerable amount of practice.
* --Most-- cases. Don't go about trying it unless you are quite familiar with TPLUD.
† No, walking onto I-87 and stepping on a cat's tail are in entirely different realms of this topic. In the first case it would only be the practice of a complete amateur to do something so stupid, while the second merely goes to show how TPLUD can be brilliantly used to avoid unnecessary funerals... err, accidents. Good Luck!
With me, it's quite different- I don't stare ahead of myself. Not usually anyhow. It gets quite tiresome, and there is much more to life, than what's in front of you. Applying The Principle of Looking Up and Down (TPLUD) considerably enhances the prospect of life. In short: I mainly go about my day looking either up or down. And my! Quite a few interesting things to see there. Above are the incredible contours of Cirrus, Cumulus, and Cumulonimbus clouds, flocks of birds, and occasionally a UFO, or two. Not to mention that beautiful, luminous sphere that happens to be about 4. 2 billion years old.
Now, ever so often you get a neck ache from looking up. Here's the point when you look down. To an unpracticed eye, one might see a bunch of grass, a few dandelions, some obstinate chewing gum stuck to the street, or perhaps a sleeping cat. The latter might not seem very probable, or useful to note, but let's just suppose for a minute that you hadn't seen the cat, and you just happened to step on its tail. Everyone knows the horrific consequent of such a deed, and the simply ghastly results.† Another benefit of watching the ground is the vital noticing of potholes and wet cement. But besides being saved from such catastrophic events, TPLUD has some brighter results. Such as discovering ancient pennies (or twenty dollar bills), and four-leaf clovers. (Not necessarily four-leaves. Five or six would be interesting as well.)
As with most things, the more practice, the easier it gets. Some professionals (*cough*) can manage to find several four and five-leaf clovers in 20 minutes, and can make Bactrian Camels out of every cloud that passes. Take note that it takes some while to become that accomplished. Nevertheless, all it takes is steadfast determination and a considerable amount of practice.
* --Most-- cases. Don't go about trying it unless you are quite familiar with TPLUD.
† No, walking onto I-87 and stepping on a cat's tail are in entirely different realms of this topic. In the first case it would only be the practice of a complete amateur to do something so stupid, while the second merely goes to show how TPLUD can be brilliantly used to avoid unnecessary funerals... err, accidents. Good Luck!
TIP: Interpret the World in an entirely different way, and take care not to tread on cats.
1 comments:
August 16, 2008 at 3:39 PM
I am always most careful not to tread on felines of any sort, but thank you for the good advice :)
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