If Only I Were So Rich

I'm starting off this blog with the mother lode of all topics. The power of speech of course. And not just the right to exercise but the right to exercise with care. I've often noticed that people say things they really cannot afford. Talk is cheap but the effects can be very costly. Key examples? There is no more racism. Women are faring so much better than the 60's... okay well definitely better than the 40's. Homeless people are all crazy or drunk or high - they did it to themselves.

The problem with all these statements is that they are so easy to say. Boy - they just roll right off the tongue right? And the reason we say them? Well most of us just want everything to be okay. Whether we hate suffering or just don't want to devote our time to a problem or due to a host of other reasons, we choose to say and therefor believe what is easy. But, by deluding ourselves into thinking problems are solved or non-existent, nothing will be done about them. This means that hundreds and thousand of folks every day are being wounded. Wounded by the lack of acknowledgement of the challenges they are facing every day.

The solution - take great care what you put out into the universe by speaking. It has great power to influence others - it feeds general consensus. Be open to the fact that pain and suffering does still exist and the notion that perhaps we haven't solved all the world's ills yet. And lastly, research, research, research subjects before A. You make a judgement about it and B. Before you proselytize.

Any thoughts out there? I would really love to hear them!

Cheers!

Dana

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Well, this is pretty exciting. Call me pre-historic but setting up a blog was almost easier than breathing. Who knew it was so simple...