So what is common sense? Tell me it's not dead!I like the idea of a general conscious awareness. How about a filtering of information and a logical process of knowing what to keep and what to disregard?
Some say a common natural understanding? Hmm. Again we'd have to grapple with whether such concepts can be common anymore. And we'd have to take in to consideration that people understand things on various levels. Someone who can diagram the intricate technical details of an electronic component may not have the social skills to extricate himself from the mildest of dilemmas at a party. There are different ideas of sense:
Business sense or acumen, financial sense in being able to judge the markets and know when to make decisions.
Medical sense or emergency response abilities, almost innate or intuitive understandings of things that enable appropriate responses.
Horticulturally, common sense says that good soil is far more likely to produce a bountiful harvest than depleted soil.
Mechanical common sense says that machines need maintenance if they are to continue to run properly, and that oil is vital to an environment where many metal parts are interdependent upon each other.
Commons sense suggests that if you have good friends in your formative years you'll avoid a lot of heartache. The company you keep makes a big difference in the person you become.
Common sense says you'd save for purchases and buy on sale, rather than use credit, pay full price AND interest thereby increasing the cost of the item many times over.
Common sense says that showing respect to fellow human beings is going to produce better outcomes and mutually beneficial relationships.
Common sense says that if you pay enough positive and loving attention to child, you'll not have to devote so much corrective attention or negative reinforcement. Common sense suggests that spanking a child for hitting their friend is a bit short sighted, though my mother biting me when I'd bitten a friend was an effective deterrent.
Common sense suggests that you can make your phone calls from home for a flat fee thereby avoiding exorbitant monthly bills for a cellular phone. Common sense also suggests that if you have a cell phone, it is not designed to enhance your driving ability.
Common sense might result in people treating each other well in traffic, sharing the space and lowering stress, rather than treating other cars as machines, forgetting that they are very likely driven by people much like yourself.
Common sense suggests that if everyone picks up after themselves, no one person has to pick up much at all. That if all the dishes end up in the dishwasher, or at least near it, then mama doesn't have so much to do.
Common sense suggests that if you plant a garden or go fishing or raise your own chickens, you'll have the added pleasure of knowing you can provide for yourself with less reliance on big companies and a world economy in disarray.
Common sense suggests that disasters do happen . . . floods, storms, earthquakes . . . and that if you have candles, matches, blankets, easy prep food and extra water on hand, you'll see your household through it much better than if you're not at all prepared.
Common sense suggests that if families share a meal together most days of the week, communication will be better and major catastrophes avoided by early appropriate response from parents and siblings.
Got any more common sense to share so as to make it more common?
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