Oh no, I just saw something about the President of the United States going after The Belgian Congo of Africa. Not again.
Not a week goes by after reading Margaret Kingsolver’s astounding book The Poisonwood Bible, where I learned that President Eisenhower set those poor people into a starvation tailspin in an effort to get their resources. And now another President? In their endless hunger for valuable resources—minerals and diamonds of the Congo, they are willing to starve the people.
Stop it.
Get a GRIP. Get a Heart. Get some decency.
Crapola, I am so tired of this greed and corruption. We could all get along with just a little effort. How much is enough? We could feed everybody. We could find a little peace and harmony in our lives.
But no, we like dissension and unrest more.
I’m mad.
I’m disgusted.
Do you guys feel the same?
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Say Hi. Say something.
It’s time for people to wake up and smell the coffee and get off our buts, yes buts, well butts too, but right now I’m talking about this kind of but.
I do it too.
It came home to me recently when I read my hero Jane Goodall do it and I realized how often I do the same thing, “All’s right with the world. But…”
Is that negating a positive affirmation?
During a recent visit to Tanzania, Ms. Goodhall spoke at Roots and Shoots, a youth-action program of the Jane Goodall Institute founded by Goodall. While there, she attended an event where the neighborhood came together to share projects and socialize with lots of laughter and enthusiasm. When they wrapped up the meeting, they got together and shouted. “Together we Can!” (Meaning, set the world right.)
Goodall took the mike and said, “Yes, we can, but will we?”
Well, that brought the room down somewhat, but then—you know how you can’t keep good people down, they rallied and yelled:
“Together we can, and together we will!”
When I say leave the buts off, and although it appears truthful to have them there, if we believe in any wee bit that Positive Affirmations work, or that our word had power, we ought to leave the buts off.
I just posted a blog post on The Best Damn Writers Blog on the Block on the Block (I’m the only one writing one) www.bestdamnwritersblog.com/ after complaining that my writing sucks. I was at the end of my rope, and nobody commented or followed me. I was about to go into the yard and eat worms when, on Monday, I checked into the blog and saw that 2009 people read it that day. I was surprised to see that blog surpass this one, and I thought this was my go-to blog.
Are you going to let those guys beat you?
(My Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday on the other blog. Thursday here.)
Hey, my follow does work---I just tried it. Scroll to the bottom, put your courser over the Follow button and give a little push.