Kanelbullens dag

Godness, it feels like a decade since I last had a peek-a-boo in my blog. Mainly because my fight against time but at the weekends I am allowed to give myself a break. That is a least what my family and friends tell me to. I think I am starting to become a workaholic, oh no - a schoolaholic !

However, I can't say that I really gave myself the biggest break today, heading to Centralbadet to swim a couple of lenghts, 90 actually ! I wanted to do 100, since I am such a perfectionist and wants even numbers, and 90 is even but not EVEN, hehehe...okay, I am a freak. :P So, after I finished I went into the steam sauna and then to the sauna before heading home, which was like the worst thing that happened to me today. Saunas always leave you so blur and extremely exhausted ! Biking home was like the worst pain ever -.-...I was like "Where am I ? Oh God, I am so tired. Wonder if anyone would care if I just lay down on the street and take a nap..."

But then I got back to my lovely home and ate a kanelbulle (cinnamon bun), or actually it was a pistachio bun, since it today is Cinnamon bun's Day...but already ate my first-ever-tried Tosca bun yesterday(just so that you know---they are to die for xD)...since I am like inlove with buns, haha...

No money, no choices

Fed up? me too. The combination of the rhetoric of the past weeks from all levels of government and candidates has finally pushed me over the tipping point. Am I still going to vote for McCain Palin? Yes, because I believe they are the right choice. BUT, and there is always a "but" I no longer think either candidate will be able to make much of a difference. The government is overcommitted financially and in the real world when you overcommit your resources, you limit choice and flexibility.

There is no magic formula to fix the world. Economic prosperity comes from investment, innovation and free market enterprise. The juggernaut of the engine for the US is small business and the entrepreneurs not federal regulation, controls, and oversight. The market regulates itself and punishes itself.

NEWSFLASH: the government IS a big corporation in every sense of the term, except of course.. The directors don't get fired for incompetence, and the administration and ineffeciency doesn't have to compete, so it doesn't have to change. I understand and accept the need for the newly titled "rescue plan" but the philosophy is rotten to the core. OUR government can't work efficiently because of its very design. That is the nature of democracy. It is inefficient but it is correct and freedom is the goal. That is also why the government needs to be as small as possible. The bigger it gets, the worse everything will get.

This same theory applies to the church. Effective ministry and social impact is best accomplished one on one. The bigger the institution of the church gets, the less effective it becomes. In its inefficiency and self preserving bureauocracy it loses sight of its mission. A little at a time is all it takes to get really off course after time.

Musicians long ago figured out that a benevolent dictator is the most effective way to create and generate great music. The orchestra and choir are not a democracy. They do what the conductor says, and a great conductor leads in such a way that he/she is able to get out of the way almost completely and trust the community. This gets messy sometimes and requires shaking up, but it is unquestioned in its ability to generate efficiency and excellence.

To everything there is a cycle. Life, Death, Resurrection... and then do it all again...