The easiest half

Life is one long lesson.  I am never as advanced, or free, or loving, or anything else as I think I am.

I remember GI Joe saying, "knowing is half the battle."  What he didn't say was that knowing is the easiest half of the battle.

I know what my logical response should be in almost all situations.  It's my emotional response that leaves me in anguish most of the time.

It's almost as if I really do have those two little cartoon characters sitting one on each shoulder. One tells me that my life is sweeter than I ever dreamed was possible.  The other keeps poking at me, trying to turn me green and Kermit was right, "It's not easy being green."

When I think about it, it seems the Tao according to cartoons is to keep looking for the lighter side.

But that can be a heavy thing to do.