COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

While watching, I think, the Tyra Show about these people with severe birth deformities, I got down on my knees (one woman who's legs keep growing and growing could never ever do that) and thanked God or fate or whatever you want to call it, for my blessings. My blessings are simple.  BUT  they are blessings.  I can pick up a telephone, dial the number, turn the door knob, go to the bathroom in privacy, eat anytime of the day i choose, wear whatever i choose, feed myself, walk down a street in anonymity, smile and recieve smiles from strangers, not have to hide when i see a police car, breath on my own, drink a glass of water without boiling it first (i hope), get in my car if i need to go a long distance, arrive and return safely, I have hands that can pet my animals, arms to hug those i love, hear the sound of my own voice, see my reflection in a mirror, see the colors of the sunset and the beauty of the stars at night, smell frangrances without swelling up, go to sleep at night without hearing gunshots, wake up when i want to. turn the air condition on when i'm hot, speak to my mother on a daily basis, cry at something touching and emotional, and most importantly, i dont have hatred in my heart for any group of people, am mostly at peace with my surroundings, and feel humbled instead of cheated with my life circumstances.  I woke up today in anticipation of the good that I know is coming my way instead of dreading getting out of bed.  I can go on but the point is these are things I could take for granted but I thank God that I realize how blessed I am.  I have enough to survive, I take trips or vacations by looking at magazines or reading, I buy second hand clothes, I might have to take a trip to the pantry from time to time...and when I start to complain or feel depressed because of things that I lack, like the funds to go to the Art Institute, or just college for that matter, I think of my blessings I do have...and the fact that I woke up on this side of the ground, so I can hope for yet another day and find solutions to the obstacles that I do have...and keep being thankful...Count your blessings, they are more than you realize.

OKAY NOW WHAT?

Okay, so now that I've vented on my perception of what "recession" is, you might ask what do i perceive as the solution. The solution is "us". We have to engage our critical thinking processes. We need to slow down, take our blinders off, not be influenced totally by subjective media, but really pay attention to what we are being told, what we actually see, we need to read more, listen more, and above all else we need to "actually think" more. If a true "recession" exists, why doesnt everyone feel it? Bill Gates went to bed with 80 Billion dollars and woke up one morning with only 40 Billion...wow! He shrugged his shoulders and went on with his day. Our government has been claiming billion dollar debts for as long as i can remember, yet it is constantly spending billions of dollars overseas and in outer space...So I must ask myself, "why?" and who exactly is "recession" meant for? Me? You? Certainly not the Bill Gates and the Oprah Winfreys of the world. Hmmm...this gives me pause...I have to try and wrap my brain around this new concept. Until then...keep up the faith and keep your eyes open.

RECESSION IS AS BIG BUSINESS DOES

Do you really and truly understand that a "recession" is man made, intentional, and disturbingly masterminded by big corporations? Do you, as a working-class, or in some cases unemployed american, understand that your job is in jeopardy simply because your company may want to hire cheap labor and evade our tax laws by going to third world countries to run their business from? Do you realize which corporations have done exactly that? The corporations that once were american based and now are operating in India, Mexico, or China? Why do we stand for it? Do you not understand the power that the working class has in this country? Do you know that the easiest way to control what's happening to us and our country is thru our pocketbooks? Do you realize the impact we could have on big businesses if we were to stop spending our money for one week? Not spend one dime anywhere for one week. Do not shop, do not buy gasoline, do not eat at McDonald's, do not go to the grocery store for one week. But its impossible to do that. But for some awful unbeknownst reason, americans act like they would just die if they didnt spend money each day.

We are so brain-washed in this country and ignore all the signs and the truths as if we are living in a bubble. I, if not you, want to survive. I want to start taking control of my life and livelihood. We are a nation full of cowering, easily programed cattle. Scared of our own shadows. We see the signs of a doomed society heading our way and choose to bury our heads in the sand. I just dont understand you. You see your freedoms and civil rights being taken away every day and yet you do nothing. You realize that you are being lied to, manipulated, enslaved, each day and yet you do nothing. We no longer seek out truth. We has a nation of working class people, have hung our heads in despair...and given up.

to be continued...