Do you think that there is any truth to the claims that the end of days are upon us? I mean...every single generation seems to feel that way about things happening in their time and they swear that it is the end of all we know it, yet it never happens. That doesn't mean that it never will or cant happen. I just think that people are afraid of change so much that they cant see anything but doom when there it to much change. The world needs to adjust in some things, of that we can at least agree. We need to take better care of our earth and start cleaning up our act with what we use and what we put back into the earth. That is a given and I don't think anyone would be against going green. We need to learn to communicate with more clarity and respect and be direct in what we want or need. I think we take too much attention trying to paint a picture for people to see instead of just saying this is what we need, this is what we want, this is how we are going to do it. We have built ourselves up to be these complex people with so much going on in our lives, and when we don't have enough going on we create things to fill up our time. Busy, busy busy all the time. We need to stop and take a breath and realize the things that truly matter. Like life, like education, like fairness and respect and dignity and trying to better the world we share. We need to focus on family, and take root of it. So many bail out and give up or move on or cheat. There is no loyalty to the oaths that we make, the promises we make, and there are no longer any consequences for breaking them. We need to encourage unity and staying together, in raising our children together and helping one another. We need a moral compass to follow when things get hard and we have seemed to lost that somewhere. it would be so easy to blame technology for loosing contact with each other and ourselves and I definitely think it played a part but we ultimately choose to be this way and as much as technology has tainted who we are it is also helping us. The more we learn and grow the better it is working out for the planet. The green movement is underfoot and people are paying attention to what is in their food, what they build with, what to do with their waste. So I cant say that technology is the root of all evil, we just have abused the privilege in some areas and need to break the cycle. For me, It has been almost a full year with out a cell phone. I lost it for the I don't know how many times...and I just thought, why do I have this. My whole life centers around this device. My face is glued to it and I just got so tired of it. I didn't replace it. I got a house phone, and I only gave my number out to close family and friends, I don't list it. I don't have a hundred calls a day and im lucky if im on the phone 3 times a month. I talk to people face to face now, they come to visit. I focus on what is going on and if I feel the need to take a picture I get my tablet. I have a computer that I use to write, but I mostly hand write in my spare time. I go through 4-6 notebooks a month, just thinking of ideas for a book..or starting a project or research for a book. I have callouses on my hands from my pen. I refused to take part in the new wave and yes at times I am slower to learn things, but I can always go on my computer and google it so Im not totally out of the loop. I still need to know what is happening, you cant totally cut yourself off from technology or you will never keep up with the world. But you can make a choice to control how much of you it controls. I feel more in tune with people as I watch them all on their phones where ever we go out. I don't have that. I can look around and see what is happening, how much people miss. I remember I was out and we were watching a fight, as soon as the fight was over they stopped looking at the tv and were on their phones..a thousand tiny lights lit up the room. A few were still watching the tv to, but I just thought..your missing it. The room was full of people rallied together to root one or the other on, cheering and nail biting and high fives and smiles from ear to ear. The energy was electric and all they wanted was to be the first to post the news. It just made me so sad. As people, we don't have our priorities together at all, we don't have a good base or foundation to our moral standards, we have little tact or care in how we represent ourselves,, and everyone wants the last word in.
As the world continues to grow more vicious, and more and more sad and terrible things happen, the more we will break in character. The anger will take root so deep, that hatred will be the compass in to which most follow. They will no longer care to see peace or work for it because so much has happened, so much has been lost. Those that try for peace will be shunned and silenced because it will be the last remaining voice of their conscience that they no longer care to hear. Those that refuse to help will be cut out or considered weak, and they will have to watch as their people destroy each other, some themselves will break and cross over to the rage. Others will end their lives because baring the downfall of goodness will be too much for them. Others will be made examples of, die horribly and brutally begging until the end for them to believe they can change..they will be made martyrs that keeps the remaining going. Maybe some will act as spies and try to over throw the war, try to stop it, maybe even die to end it all. But in the end, what happens? What is left of us? Who is the last to stand. Will it be a stance with angry bitterness or one with an oath to never allow this to happen again? Im not sure. I don't know anything. I don't have facts to say, look here this is what is happening now and this is what will happen five years from now. I don't think anyone is capable of that. I don't think anyone ever gets the answers, I think the whole point is to find those answers yourself. 20/20 hindsight is everything, I wish I was able to show you that..like look what happens if we do this or change that, but again..I don't think that is how it will work or ever has worked. People will come to claim to know things, they will give you a long list of fancy facts and stun you with their know how..but the truth is...they know nothing..none of us do. We failed to learn what we needed to learn to stop this, so we need to figure it out now. No one will come and say..do this and all will be well. Even if Jesus came..walked up to us. He wouldn't hand it out to us, he would say that we need to make some changes, he would make us work for it because by working for it you learn, you grow and you experience. Who ever says to you..I can give you everything you need and want and you will never have to lift a finger...is lying to you. Its an illusion, they want something, and most likely something you would never willingly give, that is why they wrap it up so nice for you. If it is too good to be true..then...its false. The only way you can know truth is being spoken, is it usually involves a bit of service or struggle to over come..working with what you have with others. And when your finished, you have learned more than you imagined, that's the truth. No one wants to hear the hard part or do the hard part..but it must be heard and done..because that is the way of life..no matter how much you invent. No matter how much you make, there is no easy in right. Right is earned. Don't ever forget that.
I don't know which doom will come to us. Will it be by our own hand, or will it be out of our hands. Either way, it scares the crap out of me and Im hoping for the best. If we all must go, make it quick and painless, if some must go, take the ones to pure to bare a fight, if many will go, I hope it is the ones that mean harm and not the ones done harm upon. I hope beyond hope for a great many things. Hope is the one thing we will all need no matter what happens. I don't know if anything will, or if it is just another crazy time in history. I just know what I feel. I just know that some where out there others have been feeling it to. What is happening, how have we gotten so lost, so mean and so cruel. I don't want this darkness hanging over all our heads anymore. But im powerless to stop any of it. I don't know how or where to start and I think we all might feel that way. Were lost on the what to do, where to go, how can we help part. There is so much confusion. No one knows what to believe or what to expect or think about things that happen. I think were even becoming desensitized to the extremity we have become. It just boggles the mind how many have died..for what? Because someone wanted to make an example of their power. Since when did having power mean life is worthless? All the great people in power had dedicated their lives and their time into making the world better for everyone else and everyone else's families above their own. They took their responsibility to heart and made it worth something. How is killing everyone and putting fear into the world going to make you successful for the long haul. Have you never heard of Hitler? Your people will over throw you, your people will get fed up. The brave will challenge and fight back. It is human nature to protect the ones we love and our home. Every ruler to rule in fear has died because of the very way they did things. The greats lived long after their deaths with their people, in the monuments, in the stories and with the pride and respect they had for the person in power. There is only one power anyway, but there are people needed to step up and be in a leadership role. These people born with the principals and things needed to fulfill their destiny, so if the good can do that, then so can the evil. And they to are born with the things needed to try and destroy progress and create trouble and fear. It is always a dance, no matter what generation you are from. The question is, does good always beat evil? I sincerely hope so.
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