TO VACCINATE OR NOT TO VACCINATE?

I think we have all fallen victim to conspiracy theories in one way or another.   And we have seem to have fallen into the habit of everybody is suspect; there is no trust among those we do not know.  Everyone’s out to get us - the government, the rich, and even the poor wants a piece of your ass.  What a shitty deal!  Where’s the happy?

Fact:  when we fill our heads with anger and suspicion, we leave little to no room in our hearts for love and happiness. 

We are all human, so why is it so hard to understand that sometimes we make mistakes?   Mistakes do not make us evil.  Researchers who are working overtime to save humanity from the Corona Virus are people like you and me.  They strive to do their best to be a savior.  If their intention was to kill or lame, they wouldn’t be putting in all this overtime to protect us from the virus, instead they would simply allow it to run its course.  These are people who wanted to be a scientist so bad that they were willing to spend half a lifetime paying off student loans.  They are someone’s son and daughter and their time has come to shine, and they are making sacrifices.  These are human beings, who if given a choice they would rather be home with their families, than living in a lab 24/7.  Just like you and me.

If you believe in the good in people, then that is what you will perceive, but if you only see the bad then that’s what life will hand you.  Others will overlook the good and chose to see the bad in you.    Some may even say that what you believe about others is what you believe of yourself.  If you believe that others cheat, then you most likely cheat as well.  If you believe others are out to kill or lame you, then you most likely use words, thoughts and/or actions to kill and lame others yourself; whether it be your constant nagging, or criticizing someone’s dreams of being more than just another small town, baby, spouse, house kind of life.  There are a thousand ways to kill. 

On the other hand, corporations are not individual human beings, even though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to the contrary, corporations are a group of people, who hide behind a trademark that is totally motivated by greed.  But, considering that the COVID vaccine is absolutely free of cost to all American’s, it’s really hard to argue that greed is a factor, in this situation.    

The logical conclusion is that it is the love of friends and family that motivates these researchers, whose soul intentions are to serve mankind.  They believe in us, and we should believe in them.  Believe in yourself – believe in us!

 

 

Trust Me

No I'm not talking about the banking definition of trust; I'm talking about a belief in reliability, truth, and strength of someone or something.  Trust involves faith in another to be loyal and sincere.   We trust our friends to be non-judgmental and to keep our secrets, and when it comes to our lovers, trust can include devotion to love one above all others.  It’s pretty evident that trust is the foundation of good health, in addition to hearty relationships.

But trust shouldn’t end with family and friends.  We should be able to trust our neighbors, the media, or the EPA, FBI, CIA, Congress, as well as the office of the President, but we don’t.  That trust has been broken.  Instead of seeing the best of others, we seem to be fixated on the dark side; stuck in a broken system of mistrust. 

I spent five years as an environmental activist, and I can tell you that I did not trust the EPA for nothing.  I even met people who represented the EPA, who seemed very concerned and well educated, but I knew money talked and hands were out palms up.  The EPA wasn’t ruling in favor of a healthy human environment, they were supporting a long outdated fossil fuels industry that has been proven to be detrimental to human health.  And today, with a new administration, there’s talk of demolishing the Environmental Protection Agency all together. 

I had to ask myself is this a good thing or a bad thing?  I mean really, if the EPA wasn’t doing their job in the first place, why bother keeping the agency around? 

Of course I do not think this is a good thing, but as I see all this crazy whipping around an unstable government, I see our Court System working as it was intended.  Our system of checks and balances is still in place.  I see twenty times the people protesting for our Earth Mother in the past four months than I had in the past seven years, here in Pensacola.  But most of all, I realize that my lack of trust and assumptions of the EPA (government) was contributing to the ciaos we see today.  Never has this been so clear as when I attended a pipeline march/rally on February 12th.

As I stood in protest, a young woman rose before the crowd to speak.  Her heart swelled with each spoken word. It didn’t take long for her voice to begin breaking up, as she bravely tried to fight the tears.  I use the word brave, because that is what it takes to open your heart to others, especially when you’re in the spotlight of a hundred pairs of stranger eyes.  That’s trust!

People are not governments.  People are individual persons.  The problem is not one of a government, but of us individuals; you and me.  Our lack of trust leaves no room for love to grow.  It is not boarder fences we need to be concerned with, but instead it is the fences we build around our hearts we need to fear.  We have to quit shutting each other out and embrace each other instead; we have to matter to each other.  Your fight for justice is my fight for justice.  When we stand together, we can change the world.  Trust me.