Life is full of choices.
Small meaningless ones, like what kind of coffee, or what to order in a restaurant, which route to take to the store, etc. We have gotten used to the huge number of choices, it is one of the things that happens in our society today. Most of these choices mean nothing, but what they do is suck up our time and energy. We no longer choose to do important things, we allow ourselves to be sucked along with whatever comes up.
We rarely choose what our lives are going to be about, or at least I don't. I simply go along with whatever course I have been on since my last major decision, which come about fairly rarely. I don't check and see if I am really doing what I should be, or want to be, I just keep going. I am an energizer bunny, but without the energy. I don't want to be that person, but can't seem to stop. I want my life to be focused, to be true, to be somehow "right". I just don't know how to get there. I feel like I am on the wrong path, but I have no idea whatsoever where the right path is. At some time in the past I did know, but now I am not so sure I am on it.
I feel like I am driving on this highway at 120 km/hour I can see in the distance the mountains that are my goal, but in between, I cannot see if my road connects to them, for all I know the next dip in the road hides a curve that will lead me away from them. I feel lost and I don't even know if I can make a better choice. It makes me disconsolate. I wish for better choices, wiser choices. I am tired of simply choosing a latte, when I could be making a life choice.
If I am at "A" and I want to be at "G", do I need to go through B,C,D,E,and F to get there, or is there another way, that I cannot see. I am lost, and so I just continue trudging towards "B"... I hope that is the next step, but I am no longer sure. My next choice could be huge, but probably will be whether or not to get to work, or get a cup of coffee...sigh.
Choices...
Monday, November 17, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Propostition 8: The People have spoken - not hardly!
I just read an article about the Gay marriage vote on propostition 8 in California. Now as you may or may not know Proposition 8 was passed with 53% of the vote. This effetively (for now) ends gay marriage in California. This is not the part I was interested in though, what intrigued me, was the fact that the governor, and other proponents of gay marriage have said is that they will have this propostion thrown out by the courts as not valid.
Well isn't that interesting...they may even be right, proposition 8 may in fact be a constitutional revision (not subject to change by vote) rather than an ammendment (which is able to be enacted by popular vote). The problem for me is that 53% of the people who voted decided that they did not want gay marriage.
In North America today, we do not accept votes as being "what the people want", unless they go in our favour. What we like to say is that, the vote isn't right, or that's not the way it should be done. Those arguments were available prior to voting day, but they thought they would win, and so said nothing. Now that they lost, they can't accept that 53% of the people don't want this, it must be flawed somehow.
This is one of the things wrong in Canada and the U.S., we have no respect for differing points of view. If the election goes the wrong way, then people are stupid and misled, and worse the whole vote was flawed, and not legal. It does not matter that the majority decided, they must not have understood, or something. They can't be smart and disagree.
I am not above this, I understand, I just fight it in myself. I get that you and I might not agree on much, but that doesn't mean I am smart and you are not, it just means we disagree. What how can that be? In California 500,000 people was the difference. 5.4 million people voted to ban gay marriage. I assure you these are not 5.4 million dumb people, just as the 4.9 million people that voted for gay marriage are not dumb, but yet these people disagree.
I am concerned that we are quickly becoming a society that values nothing but our own opinion, we have little to no tolerance for dissent. I don't know the solution, but I do know, I need to put more value in listening to others, and less in talking about my own thoughts (except here, of course).
Well isn't that interesting...they may even be right, proposition 8 may in fact be a constitutional revision (not subject to change by vote) rather than an ammendment (which is able to be enacted by popular vote). The problem for me is that 53% of the people who voted decided that they did not want gay marriage.
In North America today, we do not accept votes as being "what the people want", unless they go in our favour. What we like to say is that, the vote isn't right, or that's not the way it should be done. Those arguments were available prior to voting day, but they thought they would win, and so said nothing. Now that they lost, they can't accept that 53% of the people don't want this, it must be flawed somehow.
This is one of the things wrong in Canada and the U.S., we have no respect for differing points of view. If the election goes the wrong way, then people are stupid and misled, and worse the whole vote was flawed, and not legal. It does not matter that the majority decided, they must not have understood, or something. They can't be smart and disagree.
I am not above this, I understand, I just fight it in myself. I get that you and I might not agree on much, but that doesn't mean I am smart and you are not, it just means we disagree. What how can that be? In California 500,000 people was the difference. 5.4 million people voted to ban gay marriage. I assure you these are not 5.4 million dumb people, just as the 4.9 million people that voted for gay marriage are not dumb, but yet these people disagree.
I am concerned that we are quickly becoming a society that values nothing but our own opinion, we have little to no tolerance for dissent. I don't know the solution, but I do know, I need to put more value in listening to others, and less in talking about my own thoughts (except here, of course).
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Round Bails and Carrot Cake are evil!
Okay so I know what you are thinking. He's crazy!
You are saying to yourself, I love Carrot cake, and probably, that is just a dumb thing to say. How can round bails and Carrot cake be evil. They are inanimate objects, oh and by the way carrot cake is delicious. I get it, I understand your sentiment, but bear with me. Here is what i mean...
Round Bails - You see the options are square bails (rectangle actually) or round bails. Round bails are better for the farmer, less work to produce, more profit. That is exactly the point I say, square bails are better for the end user, you can haul them by yourself, don't need a machine. So why do they make them round? Aren't you listening, they are easier for the farmer, they make more money. My problem is, the square bails are better, so the oround bails serve one purpose, make more money, and make it easier (okay 2 purposes). Well why is more profit bad? It is not if more profit is good for all, but you see it is not, it is only better for one party. They chase more profits at the expense of the better product. This is exactly where society is going, we don't care about better, we only care about more (McDonalds is a good example). Guess who wants us to focus away from better, Satan, that's right Satan. He wants us to focus on more money, not on better lives, or better products. So he created round bails. Get it? They are evil!
Carrot Cake - Well, this one is actually easy. No one really likes Carrot cake, they only really like the cream cheese icing. Thye cake is just the delivery method. That is not why carrot cake is evil though, it is evil because it is a trick. Dessert's purpose is not to give us nutrients, it is to give us joy, a little piece of heaven on a plate. Carrot cake is deceitful, it combines vegetables and cake, then covers them with a delicious icing to fool us. Where I ask does deceit come from? Satan! That is whay Carrot cake is evil.
Take that to the bakery!
You are saying to yourself, I love Carrot cake, and probably, that is just a dumb thing to say. How can round bails and Carrot cake be evil. They are inanimate objects, oh and by the way carrot cake is delicious. I get it, I understand your sentiment, but bear with me. Here is what i mean...
Round Bails - You see the options are square bails (rectangle actually) or round bails. Round bails are better for the farmer, less work to produce, more profit. That is exactly the point I say, square bails are better for the end user, you can haul them by yourself, don't need a machine. So why do they make them round? Aren't you listening, they are easier for the farmer, they make more money. My problem is, the square bails are better, so the oround bails serve one purpose, make more money, and make it easier (okay 2 purposes). Well why is more profit bad? It is not if more profit is good for all, but you see it is not, it is only better for one party. They chase more profits at the expense of the better product. This is exactly where society is going, we don't care about better, we only care about more (McDonalds is a good example). Guess who wants us to focus away from better, Satan, that's right Satan. He wants us to focus on more money, not on better lives, or better products. So he created round bails. Get it? They are evil!
Carrot Cake - Well, this one is actually easy. No one really likes Carrot cake, they only really like the cream cheese icing. Thye cake is just the delivery method. That is not why carrot cake is evil though, it is evil because it is a trick. Dessert's purpose is not to give us nutrients, it is to give us joy, a little piece of heaven on a plate. Carrot cake is deceitful, it combines vegetables and cake, then covers them with a delicious icing to fool us. Where I ask does deceit come from? Satan! That is whay Carrot cake is evil.
Take that to the bakery!
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