I met a man the other day. We sat and talked about the way some people love and some hate because of looks and pigmentation. We got along. We found some things to agree upon or even halfway, but parted pleasantly. I saw his point of view, but I am blind. I saw his point of view, but I am blind. Color blind.
I met someone the other day, and as we talked, I wondered where she came from. A touch of east, a touch of south, some slang from a place run-down and overrun by filth and hate. We got along and talked awhile, and then we parted. I saw her point of view, but I am blind. I saw her point of view, but I am blind. Color blind.
As humans, from birth to death we crave to control our circumstances. We need to be the center of our own personal universe. The very young learn to control with bodily functions and vocal demands like crying or yelling or screaming. Adolescents control by dropping out or rising above their situations, sometimes either bullying or just causing worry to others because of their pitiable plight, whether real or imagined or acted out. And there are exceptions. Adults control by seduction or strength or power over others whether in the workplace, business, or as a worker or administrator. The only brakes that can stop any of these are applied by confrontation by another who has either equal or more powerful control. This same process continues on into those comparative few who lead towns, cities, states or even countries.
Nothing good comes from meanness, hypocrisy, violence or parasitic behavior. And well-meaning people? Please keep in mind that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. As long as racism and divisiveness in whatever form are taught as indoctrination to our young, nothing will change for the better in our society. Education is a very precious necessity whether of our young or of our general populace. If this process should ever be corrupted, then our society will go the way of the Etruscans, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans and hundreds of other ancient civilizations that peaked and then crumbled from within. They all found out the hard way that if their leaders are puppets and marionettes who are controlled by money, they only hasten the downfall. Their weak and malleable minds only assist in the dissembling of their society’s infrastructure, icons, statues, traditions, ethics, mores, respect and ability to be responsible. They are then always ripe for the seduction of socialism with leads to communism, which inevitably leads to the destruction of the once magnificent society.
It is frightening to think of the above in terms of our own situation. When survival, sometimes day to day or meal to meal become paramount, only the strongest and most powerful survive with those of their own choosing. There are far too many well-meaning people in our present day society that base their opinions on wishful thinking, and the ideal, and unity of all upon earth and a world government. In its essence, on paper, this seems admirable, but as a system of government in real life it is the road to hell on banana peels. Why? Because there is evil in our world and in our daily lives. Not us, of course, but definitely other people who live with evil intent. Our salvation as a society is in recognizing this fact and acting accordingly. Given a choice, all societies choose freedom. Freedom is not something we can take for granted. Our forbearers fought and died so that we might live freely. Many of us and our progeny are still fighting for this idea and for our safety and security. This is vital if we are to continue to exist.
We must all be aware and responsible and educated as to the pitfalls we face in keeping our freedoms intact. We cannot depend on our news purveyors or our media, including social media. We must read books by those who are writing responsibly about today’s issues. We must wake up to the realization that political personalities are only part of our concern. It is the issues themselves and the actual valid accomplishments of our leaders and surrogates that are most meaningful. Racism works in all directions. Socialism is ultimately a death sentence. Censorship is an evil device used, like indoctrination, to control us. Political cheating to accomplish your goals is most evil.
We need to reject the idiocracy that now threatens our society and choose kindness over meanness, responsibility and adherence to our laws over violence and destruction, respect over distrust, love over hate, religion over paganism or nihilism, education over indoctrination, the ability to think over assimilating meaningless, inaccurate news reporting. We need to eliminate evil in favor of faith, hope and charity. This must begin with each of us personally. Our young learn from birth by our own examples. Let us be aware that ignorance is no excuse for anything in our lives. We are born, we live our lives and then we pass on. May our goodness in this regard overcome the evils that we all face together. May God bless us, and may God Bless the United States of America.