I know it’s supposed to happen, this marking the beginning of a new year, but I’ve had the growing suspicion that change is in the air, and a lot of it. Change is a constant, flowing right along with time, and it’s a given. But, I wish I could say what’s in the wind are only small things like changing a baby’s diaper or changing out blown light bulbs or getting change back from a dollar or changing your underwear.
Change is good. The less money people have in their discretionary spending fund, the more time they will spend on things that are actually worthwhile, like time spent together instead of at the mall and doing things that don’t have a price tag, like taking a walk or reading a book from the library. How the continuing recession affects us in the long term remains to be seen, but there can be no doubt that many more changes will happen before it ends.
Change is good. Drifting away from individualistic consumerism is a good thing. Humanity will rediscover humanity. Always keeping a keen eye on the positive side of things, here is the perfect opportunity for humanity to regain some of its humanistic aspects. That’s only a redundant thought if you forget about the endless list of human atrocities going on every moment of every day. Those are hard to miss considering that they fill the news headlines constantly.
Change is good. While we may kick and scream about the changes ahead, perhaps we’ve earned it. It’s Karma. It’s time to take a close look at all the things we’ve come to accept as ‘normal’ in ourselves and in our society. All those things we’ve come to take for granted have turned us into sheep. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. If you doubt it, then why is it so acceptable for only a mere fraction of the population to vote or hold the majority of the wealth in this country? Wipe the sleep out of your eyes, grab a cup of coffee and think.
Change is good. With everything shaken up, what’s left is a clean slate. It’s time to draw up new plans, discard the old ways of thinking and begin the rebirth that will follow.
Accountability, transparency, responsibility, integrity… Those aren’t just buzz words. Those are the words that we need to integrate into our very being. We need to grab ourselves back and into what we truly were meant to be, and that is not the sheep that we’ve been for so long.
Change is good.
I don't like change. I wish everything in my world could stay the same but if change happens as you describe, I would embrace it.
ReplyDeleteThe dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. ~ Abraham Lincoln
ReplyDelete(although) All change is not growth; as all movement is not forward. ~ Ellen Glasgow
"...why is it so acceptable for only a mere fraction of the population to vote or hold the majority of the wealth in this country?"
ReplyDeleteWhen my neighbor ran out to my van and proudly exclaimed that she didn't vote for the black fella or the old dude - she voted for the fella that was against abortion ~ (no she didn't know the names of any of the candidates let alone the one she voted for)I began to wish people had to pass a test to vote!
I personally have never worked for a poor man. As well, the taxes we are paying keeps my neighbors house warm and puts food on their table so they can sit all day at their really nice computers and game consoles while occasionally splurging on paint-gun supplies. I guess in an odd way, our taxes do in some way stimulate the economy :-)
"Accountability, transparency, responsibility, integrity..." ~ Lawyers took all that away and none of it will be returning soon my friend.
Well then, we need to nip those lawyers in the bud and get those things back into the government that is for the people, by the people.
ReplyDeleteSo often, I blamed the media for filling "news" with fallacies, emotional reaction and purple fluff when in fact it was the politicians themselves that blew that smoke on a constant basis. How can any of us become educated when there's no education to be had?
I say again, monies slotted for social programs comprise on a mere 11 percent of the national budget. Where is the rest of all that tax money?
What you don't see are the gazillion more people who have had to exist on public assistance of one sort or another and quickly got their shit together and became independent again. It is certainly irritating to find those Cadillac families milking the system, but they are visible only because they are so extreme. I see a few on a daily basis myself, and am more than glad that they are not the majority!
The photo is one that my son took with my first digital camera. It was taken in a park in norther PA that touts a few square feet of virgin forest.
ReplyDelete"Well then, we need to nip those lawyers in the bud and get those things back into the government that is for the people, by the people." - couldn't agree more
ReplyDeleteI took my uncle to see about getting his cataracts removed. The surgeon had a whole list of tests he wanted from his primary care provider. His primary care doctor looked at the list and asked "Does he expect all these tests to be run now or will he take results of previous tests?"
In a nutshell, my uncles ophthalmologist was practicing defensive medicine and adding to the over-all cost of a fairly routine surgery.
"What you don't see are the gazillion more people who have had to exist on public assistance of one sort or another and quickly got their shit together and became independent again."
I was one of them many years ago (even though I worked full time) and I hated the feeling. People need help every now and then.
What amazes me is that lots of people now look for every excuse not to work and there is no shortage of lawyers willing to advise them how to do it.
How is it that so many SSI disability/medicaid recipients are able to run around to yard sales, getting in and out of their cars, walking as fast as they can to get/find goods to load up and unload a truck to sell at a flea markets? Or they can sit and type at a computer all day at home but aren't physically able to acquire a real job?
Your picture looks like a lovely place to visit. I used to go to one of our state parks and just sit by the calming water. I have little time for that anymore and I so miss it!