The Coast News, July 13, 2012

JULY 13, 2012
The human mind and
nature are funny.When I shoot
a great round of golf and someone
asks me how I shot, the
first thing out of my mouth is,
“I would have broken 80 if I
wouldn’t have double bogeyed
the fifth hole” instead of saying,
“I shot an 81 and had a
great round.” Why do we subconsciously
tip toward the negative?
I bring that up because in
my last column I forayed into
areas that created a little buzz.
I received e-mails and phone
calls with thumbs up and a
common theme of, “You
nailed it Joe.” But I received
one e-mail from someone who
basically challenged my character
and that is the one that
sticks in my craw. I wrote back
to the gentleman with a courteous
response telling him
where he was misguided, at
least in my view.
For any of you who are
reading this column for the
first time, I am on a journey.As
a baby boomer I have fought
the wars to get to early retirement.
Negativity is the last
thing that should cross my
mind but it seems to be
around us everywhere we
turn.
In the 2000s, starting
about one year after 9/11,
COAST CITIES — While
bugs are not most people’s
favorite part of summer,
there are some critters nearby
that everyone can enjoy.
The latest exhibition at
the Elfin Forest Interpretive
Center was unveiled July 6,
featuring insect specimens
collected from around the
world by Harmony Grove resident
Marvin Valverde.
The 784-acre reserve
and center were developed
by Olivenhain Municipal
Water District as an element
of the Olivenhain Water
Storage Project and the
Authority’s Emergency
everyone picked their fears up
out of their minds and decided
to just live again without fear
and our nation was joined and
united to fight the “enemy.”
The economy began to just
hum along and people for the
most part were positive and
prospering.
Unfortunately that all
came crashing down in 2008
just before the election. We,
the people of this country,
have been in a malaise of
hopelessness and anger going
on four years now. Being in
real estate, I’ve been feeling
this since 2006. I yearn for that
good feeling again.
I am so tempted to run off
again to my “little grass
shack” in Mexico. Actually it’s
a condo, but it feels like that
little grass shack. I feel such
peace down there. That might
be because the only news I can
get on television is CNN
International and they barely
touch on what is going on in
the United States unless there
is a big story like what just
happened in the Supreme
Court.
I wrote a Letter to the
Editor here, which wasn’t
printed, but I touched upon
the brilliance of Supreme
Court Justice John Roberts’
decision to keep Obamacare in
place. Of course there really
isn’t any way to pay for it, but
the president was successful in
having his signature policy
upheld.
Of course the conservatives
were bummed but the
liberals are ecstatic for some
goofy reason. Simple econom-
Storage Project.
The insect exhibit,
appropriate for all ages, features
over 30 displays and
will continue through
September.
ics 101 tells you that care will
have to be rationed when doctors
stop going to medical
school when it becomes clear
their incomes will be dictated
to by the government, but
that’s another story for another
time.
We just celebrated the
Fourth of July and that was
fun. We come together once a
year to celebrate the greatness
of our country, which it truly is.
Capitalism is the driving force
for positiveness. Capitalism
allows every single American
the opportunity to wake up in
the morning and choose to
work for someone or to take a
risk and be a success or failure
working for him or herself.
We have those freedoms
but I wonder how long our system
will last on the path we’re
going. We just have to look at
the countries that have
Socialistic governments —
please don’t bring up Sweden.
Their society is a homogenous
mix of Swedens. We, the
United States, are a mixture of
the whole world with our borders
under constant attack by
those that don’t want to wait in
line to come legally. Sweden
and the U.S., apples and
oranges.
Oh well, I am just one person
and I can’t do a whole lot,
but collectively we have an
election coming up. I’m longing
for the purple states again
like we had in 2002. I am so
sick of the back biting and
negativity. Again, it is peace
that we seek.
The next time something
negative happens and you feel
For the hours of operation
of the Elfin Forest
Interpretive Center
Honoring Susan J. Varty, call
(760) 632-4212.
THE COAST NEWS
Human nature, the mind are funny things
JOE
MORIS
Baby Boomer Peace
Things are getting buggy in Elfin Forest
that gush of blood rushing to
your brain, stop for a second
and find the antithesis to it.
Life is yin and yang. Life is balance,
so always try to find the
silver lining. Peace! Enjoy the
summer.
Joe Moris may be contacted at (760)
500-6755 or by email at joe@coastalcountry.net.
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