"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. "
Thomas Paine

Monday, March 31, 2014

"If You Want To Get To Heaven?"

  Go to the woods alone sit next to a tree. Be quiet. DON'T THINK! Breathe Deep! You will experience a deep spirituality! You will be in the Garden of Eden! You will be in Heaven!!!!

Sunday, March 30, 2014

The Information #Conspiracy

               Isn't this a great age we live in! Right at our finger tips we have as much information in any language as any library. We can talk to face to face with people around the world and thanks to social media and video phones we are reconnecting with friends we haven't seen in 30 years and in a disaster or any kind of life event it is posted immediately even before emergency people reach the scene. On Television there is around the clock news and commentary on every issue that man can come up with.
               I admit to being less and less connected. Over the past few years. I've watched very, very little TV. I've only had reasonably fast and reliable internet for the last year. Even as disconnected as I am I've noticed that we are becoming very polarized and extremely one sided in our views. Its either us or them. The flames are fanned by our corporate news agencies that push one agenda or another then hide stories that reveal truth about other things going on. On the social medias; views and statistics are poured on by pages and groups that are conspicuous in their origins like a spring rain storm.
                 Wait a minute, now I find a lot of this information is tilted, some of it is down right wrong. Even on things I believe in and from it would seem groups I could trust!
             Hmmmmm, that seems crazy. Where are our leaders with vision? Where is the passion for right? We used to have that in AmeriCan..... it seems to be lost in the wasteland of AmeriCant't. Everyone blaming everyone else for the problems of today. No one taking responsibility for ANYTHING not even raising their own families. Even our government is in a stale mate. NO REAL leaders up in Washington, for sure!
        Hey if you were the devil or a group wanting to take over the world? What would be the best non- violent way to bring down the strongest and free-est country in the world? I think feed the people false information to scare and divide them would be a GREAT way. Also, now all telephones have gps devices that can be tracked and all that info we are sharing with our friends, anyone can see and come up with a character sketch, find out where we frequent, our jobs and place of work. If any one wants to find you its a very easy matter if you are on a social media. You can no longer move across the country and start fresh. there is just too much info about yourself out there and your very easy to watch and keep track of.
    Yet the amount of reliable information we are receiving, I'm afraid is less and less. Its something to think about. I suggest disconnecting for a while and taking a walk in the woods to recenter yourself.

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