Who do I trust? Or is it what? IF as is best I trust in G-d... at least when I awake to think about "it" - the question becomes is G-d a who, a what, A WHEN?!
G-d is very often related to time. So then we mortals know good times, bad times, happy times, sad times ... perhaps it is Ecclesisastes which is RIGHT ON.. when it talks about a Time to every Season.
As for NOW.... I just read something to consider acting on now and it is:
“There’s a line from a Hebrew prayer: ‘Our needs are so manifold we dare not declare them.’ Our needs are so vast that we cannot even begin to locate them …
So we all have work to do.”
Leonard Cohen
When I, yes I. speak of trust I speak of my basic psychological need. Trust about love. Trust about being heard. Trust about security.
AND - can I be trusted? I certainly may have/did fail in that at times... Perhaps I should sit and think about past failures so I do not repeat them!!!!
AND NOW FOR POLITICS....
Some have said that being political is a fundamental human trait and activity. I think it goes way back to the Greeks. Be that as it may -- POLITICS IS FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT... And the political environment is in big big trouble in the USA and all over the world. People in many ways and places are trying to make things better and I THINK I KNOW WHAT THE BASIC PROBLEM IS....
What the basic problem is in the USA as personified... yes PERSONified - is the Trump Scatterbombing of democracy and law and science and racism and corruption and international isolationism and trade and more. Note, however, it is the scatterbombing that is THE PROBLEM.
The SCATTERBOMBING makes it difficult to work on all the issues and it offers opportunities for fragmenting opposition so as to essentially divide and conquer our nation and the world, too. Some problems such as health and vaccines are distractions and are related to science and they are divisive. Issues related to the Middle East are a prime example of dividing and conquering as well as being in relation to issues about immigration.
FOCUS is necessary. Some sort of systematic focusing that addresses the core issues with all due respect. Herein I suggest a system for your consideration:
PRINCIPALS:
First - recognize the essential value and worth for respect of all living human beings.
Second - Consider applying one's energy locally first and foremost
Thirdly - Always keep in mind the effect of local actions on broader locales such as state, country, planet.
ISSUES:
All people need food, clothing, and shelter and those are ENTITLEMENTS and we can meet those needs, truly!
WORK is both a need and a right and there is plenty of work needing to be done to ensure all have the entitlements noted.
Work correcting CLIMATE activities and structures is necessary and is related to entitlements and the human need to feel really productive.
SHARING in the needs, work, and climate correction by all in a fair manner can be done, in my opinion, without really impoverishing the rich while really uplifting the poor. Essentially - there is enough to go around for everybody and the poor need more and the rich can do with less.
IMAGINE:
A world where policing and war did not cost as much as it does so we can redirect resources to humane needs. DECLARE PEACE!!!!
DETAILS:
What do YOU, rhe reader, think needs doing.... Please keep in mind that certain specific issues should not divide energy and resources so what is important is to consider the living with acceptance, toleration, understanding, and doing one's own thing without interference or prohibitions.
An example to consider is abortion. Some facts vary and there are simple ways to view abortions and there complex ways to view abortions. One can consider non-viable fetus', one can consider unwanted pregancies, one can consider the health of the mothers, one can consider potential life or actual breathing life, one can consider religous communties, and one can consider individual political freedoms. There is choices one can make in all areas for oneself or choices in this and other areas that others can make for each of us.
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