Life as I Want It

I guess no one is really happy with this world order but that's what we created.
It's not perfect and it's up to us to fix it.
It is likely that while fixing it we won't get it quite right again and will find things that need improvement. That's OK. Actually that's what makes us human. Finding fault and making life better all the time :)
No one knows what the future holds for us but it's up to us to steer it in the direction we want it to go.

China and Russia Facing Tough Choices

China’s unique experiment 30 years successful capitalist development under the rule of the communist party. Bearing in mind the capitalist development was with massive US help and the communist party was very open minded unlike others it worked.

On the other hand Russia disbanded the communist party altogether but suffered from criminal privatization and political instability to swing towards stronger central government reclaiming its stake in the economy.
Now with falling oil prices the Russian government won't be able to bribe the population into submission and will face popular protests.

With economic stagnation in the US and other major markets Chinese leaders face the same predicament.

From the way they manage this precarious situation will depend the pace of recovery for the rest of the world. Or not?

I don't love you

I don't love you because you love me

I don't love you because of anything you do

I just love you because it's you

The Rhino

A young keen student went to a wise teacher in China and asked: "Esteemed Teacher, please show me how can I achieve enlightment?" "Climb to the top of that mountain," said the wise teacher. "And pray. But whatever happens don't think about the rhino!" "What's a rhino?" asked the baffled would be student, for he wasn't very bright. "Oh, it is a big anymal with a formidable horn on its' nose," said the clever teacher. "But you shouldn't worry because we are in China and it lives in Africa thousands of kilometers away."

So the student climbed the mountain settled down and tried to pray. But all he could think of was the rhino.

So often unfounded fears keep our mind of the important things in life...

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