Proactive Avoidance

It is interesting that the average car on the road today has more electronics than the lunar module that first landed on the moon! Many of these systems are dedicated to the passenger's safety and to provide a quiet stress free ride. Car coming into your lane? The sensors detect this and move your car out of the way. In an accident anyway? Sensors activate airbags and inflate to keep us from devastating injury.

If only humans could have and utilize such things for their lives. We could have our sensory system just avoid catastrophes without needing to let us know. Just like the picture above which is part of something called the "blind spot information system," your car looks into its rearview mirror and sees danger that we cannot see and the car itself becomes an active and proactive accident avoidance mechanism.

So, we look at the state of affairs of people these days and wish for such devices to be in place to help us to not become statistics to the plights of human nature. Well, we do actually, and they are called "the old heads!" You know them...the ones who have gone on before and have experienced many of the pitfalls that await us and with gnarled hands and weathered faces tell us how to avoid them. Of course, we don't, but wow, if only we did!

So, since I am somewhat of an Old Head myself, I figure I have some wisdom to pass on.

Donfucious say:

• Avoid the expectation of love from someone who does not have all of it to give to you.
• Avoid any relationship that you are not able or prepared to be totally committed to. It just isn't fair.
  
• Avoid the expectation that the criminal justice system is anything of the kind. Instead, avoid post-criminal "rehabilitation" by raising a child the right way so that incarceration, etc. are not necessary.
• Avoid doing anything for which you have to apologize later.
• Avoid empty sex.
  
• Avoid those things which truly ARE too good to be true.
• Avoid sharing your weaknesses with anyone who is not stronger than you.
• Avoid the temptation to argue with a selfish person. They'll die before they admit they are wrong.
• Avoid the temptations of someone who is really really good at tempting people.
• Avoid the temporary pleasures which are by definition never going to last.
• Avoid the temptation to try and change someone into your liking without seeing if you need to change first.
• Avoid being the center of attention that you really don't need.
• Avoid ANYTHING that is currently labeled as illegal because there is probably a pretty good reason why it is.
• Avoid spending money you don't have, or anyone else's for that matter. You WILL need it later...count on it.
• Avoid living beyond your sight. If your actions are not predicting or shaping the future, take a nap.
  
• Avoid people who treat you as an accessory.
• Avoid giving people any reason to EVER say, "I told you so."
• Avoid any possibility of not being able to keep your word.
• Avoid anyone who is "sexier" than you. They may sooner or later believe their hype and seek more accolades from everyone else but you and becoming obsolete is a slow and painful death in itself.
  
• Avoid any situation that does not give honor and praise to God.

Feel free to be a "__fucious" yourself and add something to this list...just make it serious, please. Someone will read this and may find what you have to say very helpful, or even life-changing.

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