A Fading Superpower

First I want to say thank you to my readers for being patient with me. I know I have slacked a little bit lately in my posting. I have been busy with taking care of the Squid and trying to be the best wife I can be to FATMAN! while trying to keep up with the chaos of life. I promise I will continue to post as much as I can. Please keep reading my blog. 

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Common sense. Human nature. Thinking before acting. Thinking and planning ahead. Observing. Seeing the big picture. Doing your best and working hard.

What do all of these have in common?

All of those things that I listed are fading away and becoming less and less common. 

Common sense is the natural instinct that we all are born with and learn a little along the way through life. Common sense says, "Don't touch the fire, it's hot and will hurt." Common sense is our basic survival instinct that keeps us safe. So, why do very few people still listen to and use common sense? 

The other day FATMAN! and I were driving around town running errands. At one of the busiest intersections in town, some city workers were doing some work on the lights. Now, the workers made a common sense mistake of not having a police officer to help with traffic while they were working on the lights, but that wasn't the big problem. The problem was the people driving through that intersection. Common sense says, "Look to see if it's safe before going." Common sense also says to look around and observe before reacting. I can understand if you are too old (or killed to many brain cells because of drugs) and can't remember that a blinking red light means to treat the intersection as a 4-way stop. That I can understand. But when the lights change between working and blinking and you don't have the smarts to look at the light and other drivers before going into the intersection, you clearly don't have common sense and I am going to call you stupid. There were at least two dozen chances for accidents in the five minutes we were at that intersection. The only reason why there weren't any accidents is because of the few people who did actually have some common sense and looked before going any further. 

Common sense says to follow the arrows. Too many times have I almost been in an accident or killed in a parking lot because someone is too stupid to follow the arrows that show the right way to go or has no patience and cuts through rather than going around, like they're supposed to. Seriously people, go the correct way and don't cut corners. 

Common sense will save your life. Think before you act. Think about what you want to do. Will it keep you safe? Does it make sense? Will it or could it hurt someone else? Use that brain that God placed in your head. It's there for a reason.