I’ve been robbed, cheated and stabbed in the back, and that's just by my family. In my second life that would all change. No more Mr. Nice Guy. I would hone my manipulation skills and learn to read people. I have never been a good judge of people and their motives and have been led down many a long, winding garden path.
I’m a yes man, I always have been. I like to help if I can and if I can’t, I try at least not to hinder. That would all change too. I would learn the word no! In fact, I might eliminate the word yes from my vocabulary entirely.
"Do you want to learn Dutch folk dancing and spend 6 miserable months feeling like a retard?" " No!"
"Would you like some of my special bread and butter pudding? It’s delicious."
"Well No actually, I wouldn’t. It makes me heave."
"Will you loan me 20 grand until I sell my motorbikes next month?"
"No you worthless no mark, you’ll never return it."
"May I stay with you for a week or two while I sort my head out?"
"No, sorry, your nickname is not The Cuckoo for nothing."
Oh yes! Things would be different.
Instead of wasting my life with morality and decency, I would base my choices on the actual state of the world as opposed to how I think it should be. In business, I always believed in providing a perfect service at a reasonable price. The ruthless person who bought my legal services business immediately hiked the fees from 30 pounds to 100 pounds, while reducing services. Two years later he resold the business for 5 times what he’d paid for it.
When I ran holiday apartments, while all my competitors doubled their rates during festive seasons, I refused to raise mine. That would be unethical. How stupid was I? In my second life, I'd treble the rates.
As you've all no doubt forgotten, I started a punk band when I was about 16. When we were asked to play on national television on RTE's renowned Late Late Show, I turned down the gig, refusing to compromise my Anarchist principles. What a dolt! In my second life, principles be damned, I'd grab the opportunity for my 15 minutes of fame...because I'm worth it!
Yes indeed, in my second life, I'd know that karma does exist but in reverse. He shall inherit the earth, who, with no regard for others doeth what he pleases. And I'd act accordingly.
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If you had two lives available to you how would you use the second one differently based on what you learned in the first?
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