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Just Getting By In The Place Where We Are

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I think there are a lot of people just trying to get by that they fail to think about much past what they are doing in the next 24 hours. So many people chose to live in a community of their choosing where they can be comfortable in their beliefs and opinions without understanding how someone else lives. Too often we chose ignorance over enlightenment because its easy. It’s almost like the movie “The Matrix” in how we all live and operate and in a numbness to the things going on around us that have deep personal, local and global implications. We all have a responsibility to one another but our selfish nature doesn’t allow for any other options.

Life has become expendable. Just look at the news and you will find that is true. Too many young people are dying on the mean streets and on the battlefield. A generation of our best and brightest must find a way forward so we just don’t have to get by, perhaps we can thrive if we dare too.

Trust me when your life is lived moment to moment, paycheck to paycheck, day by day sometimes getting by is the best you can do. Sharing the struggles of life can give one some empathy and sympathy to the plight of others. Getting angry about ones situation can just empty your soul and harden your heart if you let it.

Relying upon the good graces of those who care can soften the edges and can help you get through it all. Being generous with time, talents, spirit and soul can give you eternal rewards. Try to be positive whenever possible. Faith can move mountains but you have to do your part too. Love will find a way, at least I think so.

Just a few thoughts inspired by some fellow bloggers.

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Education Killing Terror, Fear

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I found this on Facebook. Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan is a young woman who faced fear and said it sucks. After being injured at the hands of extremists and lived to tell her story, she has become a global inspiration for us all. Perhaps we should focus on what is doing harm to the world. The 21st Century must be about advancing humanity instead of advancing harm, fear, unnecessary tools of destruction and most importantly making peace, making love and not making even more war. Just imagine if we focused on hope instead of hate.

We should be building schools, bridges, opportunities and not walls. Our greatest weaknesses come from a place of being scared I think. Maybe, just maybe we can change course, do good things. Love one another.

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I’m Not An Angry Old Guy

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In case you didn’t know I’m a 46 year old white male. Some people who I share this demographic are angry about the world they live in. They are dealing with a lot of change and status in the world they haven’t adapted to. I get that but getting mad isn’t the answer.

I’ve chosen to live and love and adapt. The future has promise and challenge and possibility if you have the right attitude.

What makes me mad is the inequality, racism, sexism and hate that is so prevalent today. Why do we despite and detest those different from us. Are we so angry about what others have that we fail to see the opportunities in front of us. How long will be too long to realize we need to live and love with all our hearts and soul.

I’m a old guy who is embracing the future and being open to the changing world around us. It’s all good gang.

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Rambling About Conspiracy Theorists

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Conspiracy is a part of the culture and the mythos of our lives. There are people who will theorize about something they doubt happened. Theorists will bring up their perceived truth and will advance that story. Everything from the Lunar Landing to the assassination of President Kennedy to even the events of September 11, 2001 have some conspiracy attached to them with some dark, sinister event that has some people’s imagination peaked to a hyper level.

The truth is important. Everyone is entitled to it. However some who advance conspiracy theories in my opinion come across as a know-it-all. They want to spread rumors and sometimes that slanders people and they propagate lies and do more harm than good. Everyone enjoys the intrigue of a mystery but conspiracies can just be that conspiracies.

Facts are facts but sometimes facts can be altered to advance an agenda or something more nefarious. In news the journalist should never make themselves a part of the story and the same should be said for someone who wants their lives to be a part of a thing bigger than them. Perhaps it’s a bit of narcissism or low self-esteem that causes people to say something didn’t happen the way everyone else remembers seeing it. Maybe there is a trust thing too.

P.T. Barnum once said there is a sucker born every minute and to those who advance conspiracies perhaps there is something to that.

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Waiting Rooms

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Emergency rooms, waiting rooms, airport gates, bus terminals and malls are interesting places to people watch. In some places the reasons for being there can be joyful while other places being there can be dreadful and somber. People of all walks of life can be found in such places where they gather to simply wait for what’s next. Waiting rooms are full of anxious people who face uncertainty for various reasons. We all have waiting rooms in our homes too. I think the worst room to be in is waiting for someone to pass away but on the other hand a birth or successful surgery can be a happy room. No matter what we are all waiting in a room for something.

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Being Kind To The Staff

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It’s important I think to be kind to the staff of a hotel or motel in which you are staying. Those folks work hard to make your stay the best it can be. Some of those folks work strange hours for not a lot of pay. Even when a staff person isn’t polite to you it can change their day to show them kindness, it might help them get through their shift. This past week I made a point to ask the staff I encountered how they were doing and I hope it helped them keep going and know that someone cared a little.