A Variety of Thoughts About Everything

 ... The Right Thing Usually Isn't. I was listening to another one of those stories on social media. And this line was said. And I thought that I really need to tackle this. Not because I disagree. I agree with it totally. Because I really want to unpack this and see what it looks like for me and maybe see something that I am missing. Whatever that unknown thing may be. Now let us look at the environment that surrounds that statement. I believe that Society that we live in makes this statement relevant throughout our history. If one studies history, as I do, we can see that Appearance has always mattered more than Substance. As long as everything looks good then everything is good. Right? The fact that inside everything is barren and broken, that there is no happiness or peace, that every day we feel a little more hollow and/or dead inside, none of that matters. Because we MUST keep up appearances'. Even when we are committing a wrong and hurtful thing, or looking away from a w...

 Some of us were talking a few days ago about Forgiveness and what it is and the process to be able to actual be able to forgive and not just say it or think it without meaning. And during this time someone talked about Being Judgemental of others and how that gets in the way of being able to forgive. So, before I continue, it is time to define the difference between making a Judgement and Being Judgemental. And, as always, I shall use dictionary.com as part of this. Judgement (Noun) 1) an act or instance of judging.    Synonyms: determination 2) the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely, especially in matters affecting action; good sense; discretion.      a man of sound judgment.    Synonyms: prudence, intelligence, wisdom, sagacity, perspicacity, discernment, discrimination 3) the demonstration or exercise of such ability or capacity.      ...

 One of the first things I wrote when I started writing this blog was a thing called " A Star Trek World ". And in that I talked about what that world looked like for me. It was, and is, a beautiful way of seeing the world. In my opinion. Since then we have had the National and International disaster that is Donald Trump. The ongoing Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza. The invasion of Ukraine. And rising tensions around Taiwan. And there is more. In Africa, Asia, North and South America, everywhere. There is a heck of a lot going on in this world right now which says that we are in trouble. The most troubling thing for me is not all of these things going on around the world. As horrific as they are. It is the very sharp divisions that run thru our various societies. Everywhere in the word we are seeing our societies getting fractured. Along Political, Sexual, Religious, Racial, etc, lines. All of the ways that we use to identify who we are is being used to further the separation from e...

 ... and what that means about us. In the last few months I have had a lot of stories show up on my Social Media newsfeed. And these stories all tell variations of the same story. In that story the narrator is either an angry old solitary man, widowed and retired and/or a biker. If retired a mechanic or some other type of person who works with their hands. Or someone who is really hurt and isolated who is sometimes thinking of extreme solutions who is a younger person in the finance or tech side of the world. In the narration there is usually some sort of talk about how the world is really loud with a lot of shouting going on in the media etc. And something then happens where the narrator has to interact with someone who is their complete opposite in everything political etc. And it becomes a heart warming story of people who disagree helping each other to survive in this loud and cold world. And, no matter whether the narrator is the older or younger person, and it is usually the ...