Yum... Sandwiches

"If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches, they will take sandwiches."

-- Lord John Boyd Orr

Reason number 317 not to be part of the crowd -- "they" make bad choices. And so do we. How many times do we give precious hours and minutes of our lives to some inane sitcom, or worse, yet so-called "Reality TV?" How often do we trade our days for meager pay and boring work? How many sandwiches do we have to eat before we realize that freedom is indeed much tastier?

Lord Orr may be a cynic, but, like most cynics, he at least points at the truth. We are bought off by everyone from credit card companies to mega-churches. We trade personal freedom for promises of big screen TV's and heaven. I'm sure it won't be long before the Church of Visa promises flat screen, HDTVs in heaven! With 24% interest and monthly payments for life, of course.

You don't need that crap! What you do need is your individual soul, that little flame of freedom that allows you to choose bliss over bologna, the present over promises, and self-respect over sandwiches.

So, just for today, look at your life with clear, unsentimental eyes and see exactly where you are selling out. What bad deals do you continue to make? Shine the light of consciousness on those deals where you trade slivers of yourself for useless bling, bling, where your soul is bought and sold for sandwiches. And then opt out. Get out of the drive though line at Mickey D's and head home. Home to your heart, home to your self, home to the endless fields of freedom that glisten in the morning dew for as far as your eyes can see.