People run on conscience rather than instinct, but there are still a lot of things that we do that are so basic and simple, they don't even need to be taught. That said, it's funny to me how complex we humans like to make everything.
I hit the Internet Explorer button a few minutes ago and was greeted by my Yahoo.com homepage. As I usually do, I glanced at the Featured Stories to see what major world events were happening, and saw this picture. Yes, they've finally done it
...they've invented an automatic toilet paper dispenser. I didn't want to read the article. I knew it was a waste of time... but I HAD to. You can't skip an article like that (and because I know you want to read it too, I've attached it here). As I read it, I was struck by the amount of time that went into this thing... they worked on it for a year and are only now releasing it... and that was after "Kimberly-Clark turned to focus groups and years of internal research to determine just how much [toilet paper] is right." Now, they hope to "capture more of the $1 billion away-from-home toilet paper market." I hope that works out for them.
...they've invented an automatic toilet paper dispenser. I didn't want to read the article. I knew it was a waste of time... but I HAD to. You can't skip an article like that (and because I know you want to read it too, I've attached it here). As I read it, I was struck by the amount of time that went into this thing... they worked on it for a year and are only now releasing it... and that was after "Kimberly-Clark turned to focus groups and years of internal research to determine just how much [toilet paper] is right." Now, they hope to "capture more of the $1 billion away-from-home toilet paper market." I hope that works out for them.When I closed that article, I was struck by the next headline... "China public restroom has 1,000 stalls." (Yes, of course, I've got that link, too... Great Stall of China). What is this?... some sort of Worldwide Day of Celebration in honor of Bathrooms. **By the way, the article and video are worth it, just to hear a tourism official say, "We are spreading toilet culture... after they use the bathroom they will be very, very happy."
One thing led to another, and I remembered a book that my wife laughed at when she was studying Child and Family Development at UGA... "Everyone Poops." It takes the opposite approach to restrooms and their use... it doesn't use years of research... it doesn't try to make people very, very happy... it just says "all living things eat, so everyone poops." As one reviewer wisely pointed out... "Well yes, they do, but does anyone really need an entire book on the subject?"
I guess my point is this... I wasted 10 minutes of my day reading articles about new bathroom appliances, watching video of the world's largest public bathroom, and recalling a goofy book about the simplest of biological processes. No, my real point is that we, as humans, have this incredible need to take anything that is simple and turn it into something complex. We know the simple truth, but we argue and fight and question everything to the point that life is total chaos.
We do this with our relationships (when we should just be real), with our finances (when we should just spend less than we make), with our character (when we should just be honest), with our choices (when we should just use wisdom), and with our spiritual lives (when we should just follow Jesus and make disciples). Sometimes, things ARE as simple as they seem. Resist the need to make them more complex than they should be.
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