Being human is now a liability not an asset?
It’s a shame humans invest time in feelings of obligation that all humans need soothed in individual ways after ones own opinion is shared. One man or women can not take an honest approach / stance to a challenge and share their views outside his or her own circles or they will certainly be in a crossfire of attitudes and allegations! It’s becoming very challenging to inspire positive movement without going on a hot grill next! How can the human experience continue to improve through history ... if actually being human is now a liability?
I believe in the ideas and more importantly… the practice of respect, promise, commitment, value and belief in God. If one or certainly more of these pieces are disconnected in any one way, the balance of “your character” is unbalanced. Now the question becomes how do we counter balance to regain a balance of all essential virtues. For example, if I lie to my wife (who would do that…right?) I have unbalanced my commitment, respect, promise and value of my wife, not to mention… God. Seems harsh… well, how serious are you on becoming better tomorrow than you were today? Yes, there is a severity spectrum on lies, but they are all called lies.
We are human and imperfect in every way compared to someone else in that same category. However we are all geniuses and we are all idiots… in something. We are not perfect. Yes, we know this, we have heard this and some of use have become complacent and lazy because of it! What do I mean? Well there is a line in the sand that must be drawn when it comes to respect, promise, commitment and values. Do you value your family? Sure you do! Well what do you value about your family? Look at the categories from above and answer these questions on family. At what action would you not be committed to your family? At what action would you break a promise to your family? What action would define disrespecting your family? Are you with me? You the individual gets to choose the severity of the action that is “the line in the sand” of breaking one of these values you chisel in stone for your family. Define it, share it and truly value it!
I believe we have become confused within the human experience when we focus so much brain power, time, and priority on the mechanical things. For example, we spend more time searching amazon for crap we think we need then we invest in thinking about what to make for dinner! By dinner time we have wasted so much time complaining to others about what we can not influence vs. doing what we can control! That’s when Dino the Dinosaur frozen fish sticks go into our growing children’s bellies. We need to reconnect with natures umbilical cord and get our hands dirty. No not necessarily literailly (although that would be best). What I mean is we need to invest our time in using our opposable thumbs and that mass between our ears and invest in things that matter. What do we actually have impact on, influence over, and is purposeful? Well for one our attitudes and secondly what we feed ourselves and those we love. What more literally down to earth thing can we do then feed our gut microbes the best possible fuel we can? For heavens sake it’s what will keep us alive and healthy!
I never thought twice about what I ate, until, we had children then researched and educated myself on both ends of the food system. I made a choice and that decision came from education and a free will to choose. We just happened to decide to grow it for ourselves and then others! Never regret the decisions you have made to this date, for in fact its what has gotten you here. Only regret the poor decisions you might make disregarding what education, experience and common sense tells you is wrong. Then be human enough and strong in your character to bounce back better in order to erase the regret from your purposeful time.
I encourage all to continue on with your human experience and remember to always remain human. God has given all of us a free will to choose and I only ask we know why the specific choices are chosen. Remember the story of the grand daughter who always cut her chicken in half before cooking it? Her friend asked her why do you always cut your chicken in half. She indicated it was the way her grandmother taught her. Little did she know her grandmother did so solely because she only had a pot big enough for half a chicken. Let’s not limit ourselves solely by the size pot we are given but be driven enough to explore a better version of ones self, others and society.
Let us all continue to be human for humanity’s sake and our own!
From the Grass
