"What if I Could be Totally ZEN & Totally Happy, Anyway?"

Folk #1: Let's say, for the sake of argument, that things just aren't going your way. You seem out of sync with your life, & with the times you find yourself living in. You feel like you are flailing & failing at every turn. And you see the corrupt, stupid & evil folks around you thriving, living it up like there is no tomorrow. It's a bit disheartening & frustrating. It feels like a sentence, a judgement is being imposed on you from an Angry God, a God that you don't even believe in. "Out of sorts," is one way of putting it. Alienated is another. What to do? Beats me, remember it is me who is flailing & failing. Still, for some unknown reason, I feel a bold, uncommon, frankly, ridiculous impulse of fire & defiance welling up from deep inside my being. I find myself declaring: "Fuck it." & "Fuck them." I vow to myself to have a rethink, to embark on a disciplined program of renewal. I play Devil's Advocate & ask myself:"What if I could be totally ZEN, and totally happy, anyway?"