No Weather Man Needed

"You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows."

-- Bob Dylan. Subterranean Homesick Blues.

We rely way too much on so-called experts. We've all got five senses, we've all got brains, let's just use them a little more fully and intelligently rather than basing our conduct on opinion polls, talking heads, Dr. Phil's advice and scientific studies.

If you're in touch with the workings of your body at all, you can tell over time which foods are good for you and which aren't. You don't need the Center for Science in the Public Interest to tell you that a 1200 calorie Mega Meal from your local McGreasys is not the healthiest thing you can eat. If you can't walk up a flight of stairs without sounding like an asthmatic sumo wrestler, then, hey, you probably need to get some more exercise.

We don't give ourselves credit for half of what we know. Sometimes we just need to quiet down and look inside for the answer, rather than chase it all over hell's half acre. At other times we just need to quit playing stupid, and "suck it up, Bucko," and do what we already know to be right.

And then there's the stuff that everybody knows is crazy, but we, as a society, just keep doing it anyway! Things like dragging the presidential election campaign out for months and months longer than necessary. Let's just vote tomorrow and get it over with! We don't need three more months of mudslinging, posturing and pontificating. Eveyrbody knows that, and yet...

So, starting today, forget the experts and tune into your own knowledge. Speak the truth as you know it; do what you know to be right. I know that sounds all facile and trite, but as happens so many times, the reason something becomes trite is because it's oh so true. Dare to be trite. Dare to be true to yourself. And just step outside if you want to know which way the wind blows.