Okay I feel like I am going to do an untimed automatic writing scheme. I hope that you have enjoyed the last automatic writing pieces that I did. I am going to be writing about life and what I did today. Tonight I went to a French movie where I was able to see this really cool movie about sex, drugs, and art, and protest too. It was really cool. I enjoyed it. It reminded me about how much more politically active the French are than us Canadians, and Americans. I’m American FYI. Anyways I feel that it really spoke to what I want to me as person. I remember this summer when I was talking to some of the French families that I was with, while teaching English. While over a glass of wine I talked about how I was very rich as a child. And how during the middle of high school we were very poor. For us it was almost impossible for us to find enough food. Even though we had these problems I still remember my mom telling me to study hard so that I could do well in society so that I could eventually become rich as she and my dad had done. I France however I realized that even though I had been told at that being rich was the pinnacle of happiness. I learned that being middle class, even though you have to take care of the poor, and have the rich breathing down your necks. The rich are always slaves to their enterprises. The poor are slaves to their needs such as drinking, eating, finding shelter, and heat. So between these two extremes being middle class is the best. I guess it is, and I believe it is because: you have enough material to be comfortable, you have a big sofa, a comfy bed, and all the things that you need to take care of yourself. The rich on the other hand have much too much. They have to worry about their social status, they have to worry about falling from their social status. And also they have to take care of so many things. They give themselves the excuse when it is with people that it is because they are privileged and that it is their job to give back to the middle class or the poor. When it is material like investments or whatever they have to give back to support their investments so that they can make more money. The poor and the rich are the same people. The poor are poor of material, and the rich are poor out of contentment and time. The middle has the perfect balance. I feel that Buddhism addressed this when talking about a balance between two extremes. I don’t know any because I am just writing off of a whim, and I can’t go and research what a good impressive quote would be, but I feel that many people could relate to what I am saying. If we as people can help those above us and below us, while if we can let time take its course I feel like that would be best. I think that eventually we will reach a moment in our civilization’s existence where we will eventually see that the middle is the most care free, mostly because we don’t have to rely on others. The poor rely on social programs, and the rich rely on servants. The poor don’t have laundry to do and the rich don’t know how to do their laundry. The poor are unhappy, and the rich are unhappy because they don’t have excitement or anything unpredictable in their lives. I feel that though out our existence we sometimes and somehow figure this out. But I am not sure. I don’t know anything, just like everyone. Happiness is part of life and it can only be achieved through the comparison between past pain and relief. That is what happiness is it is when we experience something that is truly terrible, and then are accompanied with something that is truly amazing. That is why all utopias are dystopias and vice versa. I guess that is the world we live in, and the problems with the mortal vessel that we live in. I hope that everyone has enjoyed listening to this rant/extended piece of writing.