I DECLARE WAR BY LEVI LUSKO
You will make fewer wrong decisions when you are thinking the right thoughts . You can ’ t live right if you don ’ t think right .
It ’ s been said that you shouldn ’ t ask a question if you don ’ t want to know the answer . The same is true of looking for things that you don ’ t want to find . For example , when going through security at the airport , don ’ t look too carefully at the bin you put your belongings into .
On a recent trip , I glanced down into the tray I where I was about to place my belt , phone , and wallet , and realized there was a long , black hair in the bottom .
I am a full- grown adult , and such things shouldn ’ t bother me . But it bothered me .
What is it about a strand of hair that is so disgusting ? You ever notice how ten seconds after a hair leaves your body , you completely turn your back on it ? It ’ s been with you it ’ s entire life , but the moment you notice that it is now on a bar of soap or the shower wall instead of growing out of you , you treat it with contempt .
I have absolutely no room in my life for someone else ’ s hair . I took my contents out of the bin as fast as I could and grabbed a new one , but it , too , had a hair in it .
A hundred flights and a hundred hairs later , it dawned on me : There are hairs in every bin . Every last one . Check next time you fly . They are all hairy . Trust me . Some hairs are blonde , some are black ; all of them haunt my dreams .
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