from the edge of the deep green sea

Wait, what?  5?  Yes, 5 commandments.  I’m following the spirit of George Carlin (tried to find a link but YouTube is being a dickwad) and only following 5 things in your life to be a better person.  While this might have nothing to do with the original 10 commandments, or might be a complete ripoff thereof, here are the list of things that I believe should guide you in the right direction.

What is the right direction?   It’s pretty much living life w/o being a pain in the ass for someone else.  It’s believing that you can be a better being without having to blow up a building in the name of some fucked up prophet.  It’s not being hypocritical and try to hide an awful truth comitted against children to save all that you represent (a.k.a. FUCK YOU Pope).  It’s about living life to be whatever you want it to be, whilst incurring in the least amount of collateral damage to those that care about you.

I’ll start with the most important and walk my way to the most boring stuff.

#1- Honor thy Father and Mother

If you don’t understand that your family is the center of the universe, you are completely fucked.  This is something that has stronger meaning in many countries in the world, but unfortunately not in the US.  For some bizarre reason, in the United States it is fairly common for parents to wish that their kids get the hell out of their house and go to college ASAP.  It seems like they raised a parasite, and can’t wait a single second to shake the disease.  And then, at old age, when their parents are too old to wipe their own asses, they wonder why their sons and daughters find the cheapest retirement home where they can store them until they die.

In Costa Rica, and many other countries, I  am pretty sure the vast majority understands that “thou should not only honor thy father and mother” but you should “honor and be ready to die for anyone in your family”.  If you parents did a good job, you should feel an incredible force that ties you down to your brothers, sisters, parents.  This force is not “god bound”, it is “parent bound”.  That is one of the things I have often questioned myself – why look for an ever-knowing, all-powerful being that grants miracles when all you have to do is look up to the people that created you.  Yes, I am talking about your mother and father.  They are your guiding light, they will die in ten thousand crosses for you in a split second, they would gouge their eyes so you can see and have a better future, and they don’t need a fucking narcissistic book that relates their stories to feel good about themselves.

Look at the sacrifices your parents have made for you, and I am pretty sure these sacrifices would put any god’s deeds to shame.  And yet…we look at the sky for some kind of divine intervention, to find out why we are, to make sure we make it to the next life.  If you are looking for gods and heroes, look no further than those who you’ve lived to love and trust with all your life.  Be there when they need you to, because they will forever stand by you.

And so this leaves with the other 4 commandments, which I don’t even give a shit about.  Be there for those who have always cared about you (no deep shit shit, I am not talking about your Facebokk BFFs).  Let your folks know how important they are everyday, take care of them for all your life because that is what they have done with theirs for you.  Peace!