The Rest of the Story - Thank You Paul

Lust is easy. Love is hard. Like is most important. ~Carl Reiner

I found this observation very interesting. I asked myself, what do I like, love, and/or lust over?

Yes, that is ALOT to wrap my head around.

This could take a while, so more on that later.

On a sadder note....Paul Harvey has finished "the rest of the story".
http://www.abcrn.com/harvey/

When I was much much younger I remember hearing his radio shows and was always hooked into waiting for the "rest of the story". The stories always started off "normal" enough, but then there would be a twist, or flaw in the story and I would have to "stay tuned" if I wanted to know "the rest of the story".

Life is like that too. We gather our knowledge and experience and once we think we "know it all" we attempt to apply it to our lives. Most often we do not wait for "the rest of the story" and find ourselves lost, confused, or at the very least, frustrated.

We are bombarded daily with sound bytes, dramatic headlines, gossip, and new information that we somehow have to try to digest and make sense of. Our "drive-thru" mentality has made us a country of "I want it, and I want it NOW!" consumers. We buy the next big thing whether we really need it or not. We bitch about gas prices as we fill up our SUV so we can drive to the corner store. We gang up against politicians & celebrities that get accused of anything we can fight against based on only a headline or sound byte we saw on Entertainment Tonight, or TMZ.

We have lost our patience to wait for "the rest of the story".

In my personal history there is ALOT of stuff that at first sight would make me out to be a monster. BUT if you wait and listen to "the rest of the story" you will find that I am not a bad guy at all.

I will miss Paul Harvey, although I have not heard any of his stories in years. The mystery, the hope, the anticipation he conveyed is what we all experience every day in our everyday lives.

So the next time you are ready to jump on the judgement bandwagon, remember Paul Harvey, and be sure you have "the rest of the story"