Most Americans seem to believe that the quest for
success and happiness will be attained if we can only find the right formula,
the correct key that opens Door No. 1, the hidden path that will take us to the
Yellow Brick Road. We scour bookstores and attend seminars that will show us
the way: 7 Steps to Financial Freedom, The 3 Principles of Healthy
Relationships, 10 Steps to Rearing Perfect Children, The 4 Spiritual Laws for
Walking with God.
A + B x C - D = success
Tic off each box in exact order and the Good Life
will be yours
Follow this map Get on State Rd 7, go 2 miles,
turn left at traffic signal onto Miracle Mile, and then, in .5 miles, merge on
to Transformation Interstate. In 20 miles you will see exit to Yellow Brick
Rd/Kingdom Living/Nirvana.
Take the correct steps, follow the directions perfectly
and success and happiness will be yours.
So, we read the books, listen to the gurus, follow
the directions, and end up on a snaking pathway through a dense forest enveloped in
foggy mists that swallow you up.
“How in the heck did I get here? Maybe the map was faulty?”
“How in the heck did I get here? Maybe the map was faulty?”
Author:
No, the problem was that you failed to read my sequel. For just $19.99 you’ll
be back on your way.
“Create
Your Destiny: Change Your Karma”
Does
anyone else feel like an oxy-moron?
Just
download this program into your brain and you will experience health, wealth,
and happiness. Oops. Ok. Download Perfect Life 2.0.
Frost:
Take the road less traveled. That’s the ticket.
Question:
if hundreds of thousands of people take the Road Less Traveled can we any
longer call it Less Traveled? And wouldn’t the road then become a well-worn
trail, easy to follow?
Time
to exit.
I
know -- I’ll read some of the more Eastern authors. Gosh darn, they just ooze
with spirituality, don’t they?
Mystic:
There are no mists, Wilson. The forest is a mirage.
Me:
My sucking chest wound is real
Mystic: Woosah
Mystic: Woosah
Me:
I need a transfusion!
Mystic:
You’re “I” is not really here
Me:
Neither are you
More books Have Faith; Obey God’s Rules; Be Virtuous; Be
Authentic; Recreate Yourself and Be Someone Else; Work Hard; Work Wiser; Be
Principled; Go With the Flow; Follow Your Bliss; Let Go; Hold On.
Insanity
gradually descends. There’s something wrong with me. It’s her/his/their/its
fault that I am not successful and happy.
Few
stop and question their definition of “success.” Fewer stop and ask themselves
is my “happiness” what life is really all about. Fewer still wonder what really
matters, in light of eternity.
Be
one of the fewer still.
Copyright, Monte E Wilson,
2016
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