Muddling Through

Facebook is a quick scan these days. Look for updates from friends and family. Not political stuff unless it is from people of similar mindset to mine. We need this support at a time like this.

The negative feedback from others we don’t need. Theirs is racist and anti-feminist. It is anti establishment as well, but they are the new establishment. Always were. But they don’t know that because they were not paying attention.

So many others have been attempting to get good things accomplished. Not ideological crap or power oriented. Just services and programs directed at solving problems that cause suffering among our people. Not centered on ourselves but centered on others for their benefit. The belief: if all are doing well the nation will do well. Pretty simple really. And effective. That’s the beauty of centrist thought. Make the best of what you have and improve upon it for the benefit of others.

Racism destroys. It dehumanizes targeted people. It demeans them. It does not celebrate their beauty inside and outside, nor does it recognize the talents and value embraced by the total person. Racism done viciously will destroy the spirit and turn off the bright light contained within him or her.

We cannot afford to turn off any bright lights. This is our national treasure.

That’s racism. It remains on our list of things to work on. But other items are on the list as well including:

• Anti-feminism
• Anti-education, especially Liberal Arts
• Anti-abortion, anti-choice; control over women’s bodies and lives; it is a different face of anti-feminism
• Anti-intellectualism
• Anti-science, applied or otherwise 

All of the above take work to understand. I think that’s precisely why we have these issues to deal with. Lazy people don’t read or think or learn. They follow the path of least resistance. They rob themselves of the thrill of discovery and expansion of talent and understanding in their own lives. If they don’t care, they unconsciously restrict access for others to educational fulfillment because they resist public funding of such programs.

The nation loses directly as a result. We must invest in our people. Their minds through education; not propaganda mills but thorough education that teaches people how to think for themselves critically. Learn, grow and prosper. That’s the pathway supported here.

If a person is aware of their own dreams, limitations and progress toward understanding, they will adapt to changing conditions. They will realize their career is progressing well or becoming cut off from future growth opportunities. Their industry may be heading toward the historical scrapheap and they will need to make changes in their skill sets so they can continue to earn a good living doing work that is well suited and interesting to them. Without such awareness and willingness to adapt, they will eventually lose their job, move from lower paying job to lower paying job until they run out of money and become a ward of the state. Or die of indifference. Or disease that feeds on dispirited people.

Healthy curiosity builds potential and possibility. Visit any incubator entity in your area and observe the people excited by new discoveries attempting to morph them into new products, services and industries. This is the cutting edge of change and a place where you can catch the new upbeat spirit that will transform your life. These people are doing this for themselves because they have to. They don’t see the opposite view of not trying. It is in their DNA but it is catching for those who do not have this DNA component.

Change begets change. Adaptation is healthy and opens new vistas to experience and live through. The old and dreary downward spiral has an opposite opportunity. We need to help people find it. We have to empower institutions to help others find their new way to prosperity and self reliance. This is the brave new world. This is the face of America that has been in hiding for the past 20 years. Why? I have no idea.

But it does not rely on trumpisms. It relies on self motivation and helping hands.

Might you be one of those hands? If so, let me know. I have several institutions looking for your kind of help.

November 25, 2016