DC Redux

I forgot to post after finishing Deepak Chopra's "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success."

In an earlier post, titled "The Tao of Dean Martin," I questioned whether Chopra was providing original insights or simply regurgitating fortune cookie wisdom. Perhaps I shouldn't be too judgmental since I generally prefer fortune cookies to most forms of spirituality, but I was not impressed. While there were some worthwhile sentiments, I came away from that book feeling like it was a watered-down, easily-accessible version of genuine spirituality and self-reflection.

So I'll leave a question for DC and/or the universe to try to answer, as it's one I've been struggling with of late:

What should you do when the high road keeps taking you someplace you don't want to go, but the low road is just too low?

The late, great Douglas Adams, who knew a thing our two about Life, the Universe, and Everything, and who I suspect might have been able to offer Mr. Chopra some fresh insights on spirituality, probably would have offered me the absurdly cryptic answer "42." That answer, it turns out, is about as practically applicable to me as I found Chopra's book to be. So from now on, when faced with a difficult choice, I'll imagine Douglas Adams and Dean Martin are in the room with me, looking over my shoulder, and I'll do my best to make them proud. For now though, I'm not too worried about impressing Deepak Chopra.