Factory DNA

by ... Alan Forrest Smith Dave lives in a village. I used to live in the same small village in Cheshire, England. It was nice, it had all the usual trimmings. Local post office that got closed down, a pub that serves crap food and a pub that serves great food. A sprinkling of old people that love talking about being old people. A bunch of half-hearted teenage rebels that reply nicely when approached by their pal's mothers and of course the regular controversy and gossip that appears to glue this kind of village together. I went there yesterday and I saw Dave. David walks around the edge of the estate everyday. Without fail around 4pm you can see Dave walking and walking and walking around the the block. It's around 2.2 miles. He's around 60-ish I think, always wears gray trousers with a gray pullover. His hair is gray and balding on top. His small glasses perch on the end of his nose as he walks forward staring at the ground. I have never seen this guy smile. I know he was a school teacher. Day in, day out, he walks and walks and walks. I moved into this village 12 years ago. He has done the same all that time. Just around the corner there are 3 brothers. They are all married with just over a year between them. One has 2 kids, another has 3 kids and the last one has 3 kids with one from a previous marriage. They are a great bunch, they smile, are friendly and do what good neighbor's are supposed to do. I saw the youngest one just last night. He was stood on the corner talking to a neighbor. He smiled and waved. He has been doing that for years and year and year and years! Nothing wrong with that is there. The village is the same, always the same, no change, no growth, no anything. The only thing that ever happens is local scandal. They talk about her, she talks about him, they all talk about each other. Who has the best car, the best house, the best everything? My dog is bigger, better and more pedigree than your dog. We have two cars now and one is a BMW. Look at us ... we go to Church every Sunday, more than I can say for you! I admit that is being alive but is it living or existing? Life is time and how we use our time is how we spend our life. Do we spend our time doing the same stuff over and over again.? Do we then raise our kids to repeat our patterns because we feel that is the best way to do that because it's the way we have always done it? Those 3 boys incredibly all live on the same street as mum and dad! Their life revolves around their village. Their village is their domain. Dave's kids are the same. They live near-by, I see them driving over to see mum and dad. They live just up the road in the next village. The have jobs. They have kids. They have mortgages. They have neighbors. They have the regular stuff we are all supposed to have because we are supposed to have it. Yet we produce a human that has FACTORY DNA - mass production. This mass production usually involves the experience of life we have had. It makes us comfortable to share with our kids our way of life. Yet the question is - "do we enjoy and live our life or do we live a life of existence?" If we exist until the day we die then surely we should look at ourselves and be honest and frank. YES - we all want better lives for our kids as I do but do we repeat what we have had and done so they live a life like ours? This really is FACTORY DNA on a massive scale. Who teaches us this stuff and why? The governments, the politicians, the ones running your , our country. They have a meeting somewhere at sometime. The meeting will generally be around the subject of how do we get MR. X in power. How do we keep him in power? How do we then keep the masses happy so as to keep him in power? The result are handed down ideals and ideas that have now mass produced FACTORY DNA. Is that the reason so many people live a life that is unfulfilled, insular and reserved? Grey people doing what they should be doing, walking around the block every day of the year until they die? The World is such a glorious place. Money is there to help you live and enjoy your life to it's fullest potential. But even better you can re-discover your greater potential, your highest inner accolade for yourself by taking control of your life and living it. Ask yourself this everyday. Why am I doing this today? Is it because I am supposed to? Is it because this is the way it is? Is it because everyone does this so I do it also? ASK yourself, question everything. Why? It'll help you unravel your own mystery to a happier life and at the same time show you how to recover your own inner genius that has been hammered by the power of others. Are you suffering from FACTORY DNA? Only you can look at yourself, question everything and give the answer. Am I right? No idea, just another observation. Can you offer a comment or have you been so trashed by the thinking of others you have forgotten how to offer an opinion? Post your feedback, good and bad, I love them all. Alan