Emerson Trust 30 Challenge Prompt 11: Divine Idea.

The Ralph Waldo Emerson Trust 30 Challenge Prompt 11 is from Fabian Kruse.  The idea is to find areas in which I imitate others and instead to be me, new, unique. There are 30 prompts/days to this challenge. Not every challenge is going to ring like a bell. This is one that doesn't really resonate so my post may be less than it could be, none the less...

I have always had the tendency to watch others and judge their actions. "Joe, did this. How stupid can he be?" "Can you believe Jane is back together with her ex, again? Wouldn't she be better off banging her head with a hammer?"  Since I usually find willing conversation partners (often large groups of them) I know I didn't begin this trend.  Maybe it's time to end the trend of talking about and judging others.

I find I gain nothing from judging others. At best, it's like diet soda. It may do nothing bad, it certainly does nothing good for me and rarely quenches my thirst.  It's time to be more like water. Clear, transparent and seeking my own level.  Life sustaining and thirst quenching.  Time to stop judging and instead find my own path.

What about you? What do you think of  my divine idea?

ROL: You Shouldn't Say No to H2O.

Return on Life (ROL) is an adaptation of the popular financial metric, Return on Investment (ROI). ROI measures the dollars generated as a function of the dollars spent on a project. ROL is about ways to make small changes or additions that can significantly improve quality of life. Here is this week's ROL.


I was justed solicited on LinkedIn to join a new MLM. This new organization sells just one product, a magic elixir. How much should I pay to join the MLM in order to sell a beverage with the following properties:

• Relieves fatigue thereby increasing energy.
• Helps cure headaches without the need for NSAIDS.
• Reduces occurance and duration of muscle cramps.
• Supresses appetite without any additives that require the FDA to pull it off the market.
• Flushes ingested toxins and simultaneously nourishes cells.
• Reduces wrinkles and keeps eyes bright.

As you know from the title of the post, the stuff about the MLM is fiction. The Magic Elixir is water.

Adding water to your daily fluid intake has multiple benefits and costs next to nothing. Nutritionists, physicians and trainers suggest drinking 8-10 8 oz. glasses of water daily (a little more than 1/2 gallon) to replace normal fluid loss. The amount you should drink increases in hot weather or with strenuous activity.