Day: January 16, 2021

Elon Musk

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Elon Musk. As of January 10, 2021 he was the richest man in the world. All I need is 1 (one) million dollars and I would be free to use my talents to help others that truly need that lift to help themselves. I can only imagine what he can do with billions. Wow. I can’t even wrap my head around billions of dollars and the freedom to be able to grab someone off the street that just needs an opportunity, give them a makeover and a new suit or dress and get them a job interview with an apartment leased for a month. Leave it up to them to make it or break it but give them support in the meantime. Especially if they are trying to change their circumstances.

I’d add more pianos in parks and more windchimes in trees near outside cafes. I’d hire people to teach kids in after school programs. Things such as dance, music, sports, painting, writing, etc. School and after school care that would be productive and make productive individuals while letting parents work and have a support system.

I’d get land and create villages of homes for the veterans that have given for their country and have no family for support and nothing except a cardboard box as a possession. There would be a medical facility and grocery and pharmacy facilities for the veterans to access without judgement. There would be a mall with grooming facilities and exercise areas. There would be many things within reach so the ones that have seen things the general public will never see, and be burdened to replay in their minds over and over, would have solace and the help they need to adjust and heal.

There would be soup kitchens and shelters with closets of clothes that are not being thrown into landfills, but being reused to help someone get back on their feet. In these shelters there would be classes to help people learn to read and write, learn skills and get direction to find their own homes, jobs and the ability to sustain themselves. Everyone deserves a chance to be self sufficient. Those who need medical help can be directed to the help they need. Facilities that would help people and not just put them away from society’s eyes. Retraining people to be productive and hold their heads high and be proud that they have made progress.

So many dreams that could be solved with money. So many dreams that could be realized without money if only people would look beyond themselves.

If our nation would put back into our own people instead of sending loads of money to other countries, maybe we could be “united” again. There would not be male/female, black/white, young/old. We would see each other as individuals. Without any judgements. And we would again be the most admired and powerful country because we reinvested in ourselves.

Billions … of dollars … I’m still trying to imagine. I can still hope for that million that I could control.

Be the change …

Touch Your Nose and Hop on One Foot

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Simon Says. Most have played this game in one context or another. It was fun when we were small and even into our preteen and teenage years. It was so fun to play with friends. Simon Says, take two steps forward … Simon Says, touch your nose … hop on one foot … awwwwww, if we hopped that sent us back to the beginning because Simon didn’t say hop on one foot. Lots of laughs mixed with some bad sports. After all was done another game was played or it was dinner time and playing would proceed later. Tag, Hide and Seek, bike riding, ding dong ditch as well as other games that didn’t require any game boards or playing pieces and rules that could be changed and made up as we went. Rules made up as we went adding to the basic rules agreed upon with all players.

Now we’re adults and the Simon Says that we play affects us, our families, our friends, our jobs and even our environment. It’s hard to jump when society and the government say we have to do exactly what is said and play by their rules. Written, unflexible rules. Rules that are needed to keep peace and direction. We elect people to stand for us and what we want as “rules”. Sometimes we have to play with rules we don’t agree with and sometimes we can agree to play by the rules set by the elected officials. This becomes a “trickle-up” theory as local officials answer to other officials that answer to other officials and soon our rules that we wanted enforced get lost under the umbrella of larger government bodies that have melted all rules to what they believe will be best for the people they represent. Not as simple as Simon Says anymore.

The Christian Bible states to follow the laws of the land. It also speaks of the evil that lies in wait for those who cannot recognize the disguises of evil. Are rules evil? Not in the least. They help to give guidance and consequences when broken. We need rules in society, at home and at work. It’s not the need of rules, but the rules themselves that bring out the good and bad in people.

The voting process allows us, as a people, to vote for the rules that we wish to have in place. Sometimes the rules we choose are not chosen by the majority and we have to follow the majority’s choice. Sometimes people get in the way and politics gets in the way. There have been times that evil has changed the true outcome and the chosen rules to satisfy some hidden agenda. This being said, the evil makes people not want to vote and have their voices heard for fear that evil will step in and instill rules that don’t have the majority vote. They think it doesn’t matter anyway so they keep their opinions stifled.

All the politics put aside … Simon Says is the most simple way to describe “rules”. Follow the rules and if you want to change the rules, do something about it when the times comes to change the rules and discuss the pros and cons. But, also as in Simon Says request the change of rules and be willing to accept the changes with grace and compromise.

Now, go change the world one “rule” at a time.