Sugar Coated Thoughts...
I'm pretty vocal about my views and with this election I've just not had the words. I don't know if I'm just so frustrated with what's going on in our country and society or if I miss talking all this stuff over with my dad but I just don't have the words about this election. However, what I do have words about are this....
Since when did it become acceptable to take handouts and expect something for nothing? As my dad used to say, "Ain't nothin free!" If you really stop and think about it...nothing is free! Nothing! I think about the little things like ketchup packets at fast food places...if we don't use them, then we usually just throw them in the trash...well someone had to pay for those and we are wasting them. When we waste unnecessarily then we cause expenses to rise unnecessarily as well. We complain about how much things cost, yet do we take into account what we waste? This is just one simple small thing that someone had to pay for, yet we think of it as free! Until we, as a society, learn the value and cost of things we see as a luxury, we will keep going down a road that is hard to turn around.
That's how I feel about our whole political system...we've gone down a road that we can't get off of and turn around...so now we will just go faster and faster in the wrong direction! It's like we are on a train that has no breaks going where no one knows. Do I have a solution? Not really, I just firmly believe that it must start in our own homes! We must take care of our own first, then help those in our own communities before we even begin giving to other states and countries. You know how you must have a firm foundation when building a house before you ever start building the walls and roof? Why do we not apply this same concept in our lives? It seems that there's this thought that someone else will do it for me...why? Why should someone else do it for you? What makes you think that someone will do it for you? I was taught to take care of yourself first and then help others...if you're not strong then how can you possibly be of any help to someone else?
So let's start in our own homes...educating ourselves then our children! Building our strong foundations then building up from there. With the technology today, we should be unbelievably smart yet we (I speak generally here about the whole) don't even know the capital of the United States or who won the Civil War! Shame on us for letting things get this out of control...many many men & women have died for our freedoms in this great country and we seem to show no care in the world! I don't know how this happened but it's heartbreaking!
So I push myself everyday to learn something new and think outside the box...I owe this to my dad! He told me over and over again during his last few weeks that I had to push myself and think outside the box...I will and I will Keep On Keepin On!
Trinity
That's how I feel about our whole political system...we've gone down a road that we can't get off of and turn around...so now we will just go faster and faster in the wrong direction! It's like we are on a train that has no breaks going where no one knows. Do I have a solution? Not really, I just firmly believe that it must start in our own homes! We must take care of our own first, then help those in our own communities before we even begin giving to other states and countries. You know how you must have a firm foundation when building a house before you ever start building the walls and roof? Why do we not apply this same concept in our lives? It seems that there's this thought that someone else will do it for me...why? Why should someone else do it for you? What makes you think that someone will do it for you? I was taught to take care of yourself first and then help others...if you're not strong then how can you possibly be of any help to someone else?
So let's start in our own homes...educating ourselves then our children! Building our strong foundations then building up from there. With the technology today, we should be unbelievably smart yet we (I speak generally here about the whole) don't even know the capital of the United States or who won the Civil War! Shame on us for letting things get this out of control...many many men & women have died for our freedoms in this great country and we seem to show no care in the world! I don't know how this happened but it's heartbreaking!
So I push myself everyday to learn something new and think outside the box...I owe this to my dad! He told me over and over again during his last few weeks that I had to push myself and think outside the box...I will and I will Keep On Keepin On!
Trinity
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