WHAT'S SO COMMON ABOUT SENSE?

     WHAT'S SO COMMON ABOUT SENSE?    

Rick Archer wrote an obituary to 'Common Sense':

"Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. He is survived by his 3 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I’m A Victim.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing."

The conclusion I have come to is that the poor woman obviously did not read 

"7 Ways to drink hot coffee in a Restaurant".

We have an array of media pointing us to “7 Ways to ..."
We all know the "7 Ways of Highly Effective people" and acknowledge its wisdom but do we need the “7 Ways to Rock a Weave”? or "7 ways to Thank people for a retweet"? I'm not joking! How about "7 ways to Tell if your suit fits"?

Really, you don’t have a mirror?

Does the information we are bombarded with daily begin to override our common sense? Everyday experience is enhanced by common sense; we all know what can go wrong if we lose it:-
                                                 

 Jokes aside.......or are they an aside?

William James states that "Common sense and a sense of humour are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humour is just common sense dancing." I love that!

If we have no common sense, it will corrode our sense of humour.  We run into humourless people every day in our supermarkets and especially on our roads. Every survivor has need of a sense of humour and life these days is all about surviving!

Let’s pause and listen to our "gut" feel, then think of something that really amuses you and have a great big hearty laugh. 

Humour is an important asset: it means understanding and self-criticism. Where humour is absent, you'll find small-mindedness.
(Hebrew Proverb)

No one wants to be known as small-minded.