Drowning in Confusion

According to Ann O'nymous, my whole post was wrong yesterday. Embarrassing as it may be, this is exactly what I started this blog for. I'm sure I hold tons of ideas about how the way things work that have no foundation. I appreciate being told when I'm wrong. I mean, I hate it and I'll probably think mean things about the person telling me I'm wrong and make excuses about how I'm not wrong. But after my initial pouting, I'll eat up correct information, absorb it, interpret it and write about it. I'm pretty sure this process is called something like "learning."

Unfortunately, Ms. O'nymous told me I was wrong, that I should take a basic econ. course and then left. Please don't do that when you leave comments. The Internet is full of comments pointing out others' ignorance without providing any guidance from ignorance. It's selfish to hold onto information that might lead to better understanding. Is this withholding based on the security that comes from feeling smarter than other people?

Yoga became important enough for me to start teaching it. I teach a lot of beginners and lemme tell ya, people come in wrecked. Not knowing their left from right, their head from their elbow. When I see them drowning in confusion, I want to help them, not because it's my job, but because I want them to find the self-awareness, compassion and curiosity that Yoga has helped me develop. Individuals possessing those qualities are going to make for a better world. Economic savvy will do that, too, but I don't have any of that. Our leaders would prefer that I never get any. I hope there's a benevolent economist out there reading this who understands that educating even the hopelessly ignorant like me will improve the economic health in this country.

I'm gonna go buy Economics for Dummies now.