Ok, so I know the world we live in today is kinda messed up. Let's be honest, it really feels like it spinning out of control and that we don't know which way is up anymore. We have lost ourselves. I think we lost it when we started to lose the meaning of family. Look, I'm not gonna preach about family values and the Bible or religion. However, we have lost our sense of community and connectedness, our link to our past, of that primal need to be proud of our clan and our ability to stand up for ourselves. We are a society of whiny, pampered, needy individuals that throw temper tantrums every time we don't get out way. We are coddled and given nothing but ego boosts to feel better. We are a whole society of babies constantly nurtured by our mommas. We have lost the lessons of our fathers.
First off, I'll say this to all the "men" out there. Some of you, not all, but some of you are not men at all. You are not a man if you belittle, put down, assault, rape, abandon, or use women in any way shape or form. You are a coward and a disgrace. You are not a man if you get a woman pregnant and then get mad at her for keeping the baby. You make it, you pay for it. You had every opportunity to not get her pregnant including not having sex with her, and choose to not protect yourself or her and then you think that you have the right to get angry with her for keeping the baby. You should be ashamed for that thought alone.
Secondly, if you have kids, BE APART OF THEIR LIVES. You had enough passion and fire to help make them, then you need to help take care of them, help raise them, and both parents, regardless, if you are married or not, whether you like each or not, your child is apart of both of you, so belittling the other parent in front of your child is like saying that half of them is not worthy of your love. Why would you ever say that to your child?
Third, if we really want to stop bullying, we need to learn to quit crying and start standing up for ourselves. Not with guns or unnecessary violence, but with understanding and, if need be, a fist. Now I'm not saying or advocating everyone just punch someone when we don't like what they have to say, but there are times when a punch is called for and that once the point is made, then you walk away. The point is not to inflict harm, but to make sure that others know that you will stand up for yourself. Walk away when you can and punch when left with no options. Also, can we stop making every disagreement at school or fight into a federal case. It used to be if you got into a fight, you were punished at school and most likely grounded for a month at home. Now you have all that and then you have to go to court, both civil and criminal, and put on a watch list. Its overkill and unnecessary.
Fathers, we are important because we teach kids how to accept loss, to have fun, sportsmanship and competition, to be adventurous, and how to keep things simple. These are lessons that are being lost in our day due to technology and the need for more and more and the need for instant gratification.
Remembering the truths of yesterday to show why they matter for all of our tomorrows
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Giving- What does it really cost?
So daily I am reminded that we are finite people, with finite resources, and yet we have an infinite imagination of what to do with those people and resources. We live in a culture and a day in age that wastes more than any other point in history. What we waste in resources, time, energy and lack of effort in one day, people 100 years ago would have given a lifetime to dream of achieving.
Earliest humans only lived to see about 20-30 years old, if they were lucky. Even less than 100 years ago, the life time expectation was only around 50 years old. Now we have people who regularly are make it not only to 100 but beyond by several years. Maybe its is luck that they make it so far but the average lifetime is now around 80 years old. We have made huge leaps and bounds in the ways of innovation in medicine, nutrition, and knowledge of how to best take care of ourselves.
With all this extra time and such strides in innovation, how do we use it? Do we enrich the lives of those around us, up lifting those who have fallen on hard times, or do we squander and waste all that potential in foolish attempts to gain more and more until we have everything, and yet nothing at all? Our goal in life should be like that of Norman Borlaug, who saved our a billion lives, and was hard at work trying to improve others when he found out he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Instead, some act like Thomas Midgley Jr., who was the single greatest threat to the environment then any other organism in the history of the world.
When we give of our resources, they can be replaced. When we give of our time, we give something that we can't get back. When the time has come and gone, it is no more. So we should use it wisely, better, and for the betterment of others. Coach a youth team, join a fundraiser, sing carols to those who could use an uplifting song, take a weekend and help build a house, cook a meal for parents who have spent all their energy worrying about a sick child, read a book to children, DO SOMETHING!!
We complain about the world around us, when we can fix it by simply giving. Giving of our time, giving of our resources, being grateful for the blessings we have and bestowing blessings on those without.
Earliest humans only lived to see about 20-30 years old, if they were lucky. Even less than 100 years ago, the life time expectation was only around 50 years old. Now we have people who regularly are make it not only to 100 but beyond by several years. Maybe its is luck that they make it so far but the average lifetime is now around 80 years old. We have made huge leaps and bounds in the ways of innovation in medicine, nutrition, and knowledge of how to best take care of ourselves.
With all this extra time and such strides in innovation, how do we use it? Do we enrich the lives of those around us, up lifting those who have fallen on hard times, or do we squander and waste all that potential in foolish attempts to gain more and more until we have everything, and yet nothing at all? Our goal in life should be like that of Norman Borlaug, who saved our a billion lives, and was hard at work trying to improve others when he found out he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Instead, some act like Thomas Midgley Jr., who was the single greatest threat to the environment then any other organism in the history of the world.
When we give of our resources, they can be replaced. When we give of our time, we give something that we can't get back. When the time has come and gone, it is no more. So we should use it wisely, better, and for the betterment of others. Coach a youth team, join a fundraiser, sing carols to those who could use an uplifting song, take a weekend and help build a house, cook a meal for parents who have spent all their energy worrying about a sick child, read a book to children, DO SOMETHING!!
We complain about the world around us, when we can fix it by simply giving. Giving of our time, giving of our resources, being grateful for the blessings we have and bestowing blessings on those without.
Friday, January 27, 2017
Lost Truths: Understanding the basics of our country
Lost Truths: Understanding the basics of our country: Ok, First off let me say that I didn't vote for Donald Trump nor am I a fan of his work, whether before or now. However, wanting him to...
Understanding the basics of our country
Ok, First off let me say that I didn't vote for Donald Trump nor am I a fan of his work, whether before or now. However, wanting him to fail is bad for EVERYONE in our country and the world in general. Its like, wanting the pilot to fail at flying the plane you are a passenger on, while its still in midair. It makes no sense to want that to happen.
However, if you are opposed to President Trump's policies and want to see change happen then you have at your disposal the most powerful of weapons that you won't have to wait 4 years to use again. In less than 2 years, YOU, yes you, can vote to elect different representatives and some senators to change the balance of Congress, who, by the way, control the budget and make the laws, that govern our country. That is how you change things for the better. Vote for congressmen that share you beliefs, desires and hopes for our nation. Vote for better statesmen at all levels of our representative democracy, and let them know that you want some different than the status quo. If they fail at their jobs, then vote for someone else to do the job. Our vote is the most powerful weapon we have to use in this government. The President is not the All powerful person he has been made out to seem. He has limits but we need a Congress that will stand up to anything that will work our nation. This works on state and local levels, as well.
We have become a nation of whiners, complainers, and apathetically lazy. When we don't get our way, we need counseling, we riot, we threaten others, or just quit caring. Thank God that Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., the Founding Fathers, Abraham Lincoln, Jackie Robinson, or anyone who has ever advance a cause in life. They did it by not blaming others, not allowing setbacks to stop them, not whining or rioting, not quitting, and not by threatening. They lead the way with grace, honor, dignity, even while others went out of their way to stop or prevent it from happening.
Lincoln knew that if he was elected President, that the country would go into a civil war. He also knew that he was right for running, right for winning the election, and right for bringing about change to the way life was in our country. His debates with Stephen Douglas are some of the most inspired debates to ever have happened. They helped Lincoln get his message out to the masses and drew large crowds from neighboring states. They were true debates about the issues of the day, and while Lincoln lost that elect for US Senator, it helped prepare him for the Presidential election.
So, if you are unhappy with the direction of the country, join people who feel the same way and do something about it. Write a letter, visit your elected officals, run for office. Don't whine and complain, DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THE CHANGE.
However, if you are opposed to President Trump's policies and want to see change happen then you have at your disposal the most powerful of weapons that you won't have to wait 4 years to use again. In less than 2 years, YOU, yes you, can vote to elect different representatives and some senators to change the balance of Congress, who, by the way, control the budget and make the laws, that govern our country. That is how you change things for the better. Vote for congressmen that share you beliefs, desires and hopes for our nation. Vote for better statesmen at all levels of our representative democracy, and let them know that you want some different than the status quo. If they fail at their jobs, then vote for someone else to do the job. Our vote is the most powerful weapon we have to use in this government. The President is not the All powerful person he has been made out to seem. He has limits but we need a Congress that will stand up to anything that will work our nation. This works on state and local levels, as well.
We have become a nation of whiners, complainers, and apathetically lazy. When we don't get our way, we need counseling, we riot, we threaten others, or just quit caring. Thank God that Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., the Founding Fathers, Abraham Lincoln, Jackie Robinson, or anyone who has ever advance a cause in life. They did it by not blaming others, not allowing setbacks to stop them, not whining or rioting, not quitting, and not by threatening. They lead the way with grace, honor, dignity, even while others went out of their way to stop or prevent it from happening.
Lincoln knew that if he was elected President, that the country would go into a civil war. He also knew that he was right for running, right for winning the election, and right for bringing about change to the way life was in our country. His debates with Stephen Douglas are some of the most inspired debates to ever have happened. They helped Lincoln get his message out to the masses and drew large crowds from neighboring states. They were true debates about the issues of the day, and while Lincoln lost that elect for US Senator, it helped prepare him for the Presidential election.
So, if you are unhappy with the direction of the country, join people who feel the same way and do something about it. Write a letter, visit your elected officals, run for office. Don't whine and complain, DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THE CHANGE.
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