I have a friend (OK - I do have more than one for all you comedians out there!) who reckons, “Life’s too short to drink bad coffee.” [Actually he has a great blog at emergentpilgrim.blogspot.com – check it out.] “Life’s too short to drink bad coffee”. Yep! And he lives it out too. When he comes into the office for a visit, he brings his own thermal mug of coffee so he won’t be insulted by the offer of the “instant muck” us lesser beings inflict upon our systems.
He’s got me thinking, though. Life is too short for a lot of things. We get a relatively short time on this earth, and it behoves us to make the best of it. Which means being sure not to clutter up our lives with stuff that life’s too short for. So I though I’d get a list going. Feel free to add to it.
Life’s too short for:
- Over-work
- Fashion trends
- Petty politics
- Potpourri
- Being obsessed with appearance
- Romance novels
- Narcissism
- Broccoli
- Flat beer
- Fad diets
- Mass-produced “Christian” music
- Keeping up with the Jones
- Arguments about doctrine
- Judgementalism
- Conflicts over money
- Gardening
- Watching crap TV (eg. The Ghost Whisperer)
- Smoking (even shorter!)
- Dressage
- Picking up the dog’s droppings
- Resentment
- Volvos
- Meaningless religion
- Board games
- Cheap wine
That’s just a start. What do you reckon? I’m sure someone will say that life’s too short for making lists. Perhaps they’re right!?
8 comments:
After all of that you didn't mention instant coffee!!! I will add "Life is too short for...not cycling"
Lifes too short for road rage! Or any other kind of rage for that matter!!!
mmmm, I wonder where this friends source of wisdom comes from. A friend of mine, let's call him, mmm, shall we say Jeff May, has been saying, 'life's too short for instant coffee'. for years. It was a phrase I picked up from him a few years back in DDP days. But, life's too short for picking on who said what first. Coin and good phrase, use it and live it I say. It's for the greater good of every living soul to never spend a second on instant coffee and to savor the taste, aroma and company of brewing and drinking good coffee with friends.
By the way Mark B, my favorite is 'life's too short for Narcissism'. Way too short
Oooo Oooo, i thought of another one. 'Life's too short for shoulding on yourself and others'. Guess who I stole that one from?
life is too short....NOT TO BLOG REGULARLY!!!
Yeh! Too True. And I just thought of another one. Life to short to try to live up to EVERYONE ELSE'S EXPECTATIONS! :-)
here here
That's it Mark, don't let us 'SHOULD' on you. However i still think you SHOULD post your response to reconciliation on your blog. :)
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