“Raymond, you’re going to die.”
– Tyler Durden
Hedging for Utopia, or at least a repeat of yesterday.
Many of us on Zero Hedge believe we are well hedged for zero. Lord knows I have written plenty of articles on just that topic.
However, are you hedged for infinity?
What if the Central Banks really are omnipotent? What if King Dollar reigns for our lifetime and longer? What if ever increasing debt is totally sustainable? What if there is plenty of cheap oil for everyone on the planet? What if BTFDYFI always works? What if there is no such thing as a black swan? What if all the remaining days of our lives look pretty much like yesterday?
We would have nothing to worry about. Right?
Would you do anything differently?
Would it cause you to re-prioritize your life?
Well, however likely Utopia may be, we cannot ever be sure, despite what we are told by Wall Street sell-side analysts.
Consider the words of two great sages, Jesus Christ and Tyler Durden.
Jesus said…
Do Not Worry
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
“So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
Tyler Durden has a different perspective, entirely, and puts it in more modern terms.
Do Worry. I know where you live.
It is simultaneously true that the sun will most likely come up tomorrow, and that on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone does drop to zero.
That being said, Astrobase asks some very important hypothetical questions in his excellent song, Me In The Past. The most important one being…
“How shall we live?”
So, Raymond K. Hessel, what is it going to be? Worry? Do not worry?
Me?
I am going to stick to my same old simple strategy of disintermediation. I have cut out the priests and counselors, and it’s been working pretty well for years. Please, allow me to share it with you.
Each day I run the following in my own mind, usually while meditating, swimming, or trail running.
From the past, what regrets am I holding against myself?
I say them, and then I ask God to remove them.
From the past, what resentments am I holding against others?
I say them, and then I ask God to remove them.
For the future, what fears for myself do I have?
I say them, and then I ask God to remove them.
For the future, what expectations of others do I have?
I say them, and then I ask God to remove them.
In what instances have I failed to live in the present?
I say them, and then I ask God to help me to live in the present.
In what instances have I failed to love unconditionally?
I say them, and then I ask God to help me to love unconditionally.
That is it. Simple. Give it a try, if the urge comes over you. I think you will be amazed.
Hopefully, in the comments below, some of you will also take this opportunity to share your strategy or habits for mental health in this mad world.
Peace,
h_h
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