Month: October 2016

Posted in Philosophy

Silhouettes…..

Posted on by simplebender
Silhouettes…..
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Long after the buds became leaves.  After the green leaves fluttered in the warm summer breeze.  After they slowly changed to yellow and red radiance in the crisp fall air.  Soon after they lost their grasp and fell to the ground.  Their silhouettes magically appear for us to remember and enjoy their existence.  So are our memories of people and events of our lives.  We desperately strive to make some always present and pray painful ones quickly fade.  With time, details become blurred; but, are forever emblazoned upon our soul. They make us what we are and will influence what we will be.  Your silhouette has and will undoubtedly be part of other’s future, so be as unforgettable as possible.   Don’t be alarmed, your’s too will be one to remember to some and hoped to fade to others.  Either way, you may get only one chance; make the best of it.
Posted in Philosophy

What’s Right…?

Posted on by simplebender

It’s all in your perspective, and yours to control.   Every day we hear someone ask “what’s wrong” or, comment “what’s wrong is…”.  But how many times do you hear, or more importantly think, ‘What’s, right…”?  It’s engrained in us to look for and expect the negative; but, why?  From my perspective, there’s a lot which should and could be changed.  From someone else’s, maybe not so much, or not at all. Therein lies the conundrum and the opportunity.

Every day is filled with infinite opportunities to ask, and answer, ‘what’s right’.  It’s within your control to do so.  It’s up to you how you react to comments and actions.  Your reactions are not the responsibility of the tormentor; they are yours and yours to control.  Focus, find something you enjoy in every situation, and enjoy the hell out of it.  Everything else associated with a pretty poor situation can be managed.  Managed, not condoned or tolerated; but, accepted for what it is, not how you’re going to react.  If you can’t think through the situation, you’ve stopped thinking and are now just emotional and reactionary.  You’ve lost control and yielded to that which is your very torment.

Start with what’s right with you.  If you don’t get any further, that’s ok, you don’t need to.  Knowing what’s right with you will get you through a lot.  A lot more than you can imagine.  Accept yourself.  It’s who you are; not necessarily who you want to be.  But, today, at this moment, it’s who you are.  Recognize those ‘rights’ and use the strengths to your advantage as you move forward. If you focus on what’s wrong, everything you encounter will only reinforce the ‘wrong’.  Stop asking the wrong question.

What’s, right?  I’d say you are, and today is another day to excel.

Posted in Political

Don’t Vote……

Posted on by simplebender

vote151 Every election, every opportunity to vote, is important.  The health of our representative republic is at risk with every election.  It isn’t your civic responsibility to vote, it’s a privilege and one which shouldn’t be abused.  Our country is based on the principle of an electorate selecting people who best represent their opinions and aspirations.  Those representatives are then empowered to make laws in concert with the majority of their constituents, while protecting the rights of the minority.

The burgeoning practice of ballot initiatives, while seeming more ‘democratic’, is actioned to circumvent the representative government and intentionally empower an uninformed, reactionary, electorate.  A democracy only works if the electorate are educated, involved, fully informed, and capable of weighing all options in making competent decisions.

Today, the ballots are argued in 30 second sound bites throughout all forms of media.  Salted with just enough truth to be plausible and ample emotion to stir the voters.   This yields a confused, uninformed, and misinformed voter population incapable of articulating the complex aspects of ballot measures.  The final result, the high probability of really bad law and long term, unforeseen, impacts.

Choosing to support and vote for your favorite candidate is one thing.  That vote can be corrected in the next election.  An uninformed vote on any ballot measure is an emotionally driven, ignorant vote.

Become involved and informed.  Don’t believe your friends and neighbors, and especially don’t believe the media broadcasts.  There’s no excuse for you not to do the research and become an informed voter.  But, if you don’t have all the facts, it’s your civic responsibility not to vote……..