Ignored Life Lessons and the Consequences that Effect us All
April 17th 2011 17:04
As children we are instilled with simple life lessons. Lessons about the consequences of certain actions that could lead to disastrous results.
For every time an adult figure warned us about the dangers of sticking objects into electrical outlets, talking to strangers, putting certain items into our mouths and touching things that are extremely hot or cold; some children chose to heed the warning and others had to learn the hard way.
As adults we carry these basic principles of cause and effect with us into our daily decision making process and into the decisions affect the lives of others.
Lives that are entrusted into the hands of local, state and federal representatives who have chosen to represent the will of their constituents they took an oath to serve.
Somewhere between campaign promises to fight for the men, women and children in their district, state or nation and the moment the first corporate campaign contribution was repaid by way of favorable vote; a simple life lesson was ignored.
The life lesson that comes from decades of understanding the way the world works and choosing to disregard all principles of common sense in favor of moving towards short sighted solutions.
Short sighted solutions that have continued to muddy up conversations about how best to ensure that the nation remains competitive in the energy race while still remaining conscientious of our responsibility to protect the food supply and environment.
Short sighted solutions that have moved ahead of the obvious evidence in front our faces with every salmonella and e-coli outbreak in the vegetables and meat in our food supply without the hint of a solution to root out the source of the problem as opposed to continuing the push for the same dangerous products with very few alternatives.
Short sighted solutions that have moved ahead of pragmatism and foresight in the way we have reacted as a society to explosive situations involving race, religion, sexuality and gender with a divide and conquer mentality rather than finding ways we can all come together on the issues that affect us all as human beings.
What we’re missing as a society is the ability to believe in raw simplicity.
The simplicity that comes from our raw instinct to see a problem and work towards the long term solution rather than only thinking about the things that are happening at the end of our noses today, tomorrow or next week.
For all the time, energy and money spent spinning a tale about how there is nothing wrong with the food supply and actively working to make life more difficult for farmers doing the right thing; the food we are feeding our children is telling a different story.
A story about the effects that come from decades of steroids and hormones injected to cattle we eat, unpronounceable chemicals on nearly every package in the super market and the use of antibiotics to compensate for the practice of overcrowding that has created a breeding ground for new flu virus strains that has already killed millions across the globe.
Somewhere beyond the tango to avoid hard conversations about why we allow these things to happen is a missed opportunity to get information out to a proper forum for public debate.
A debate about the facts that are being swept under the rug in favor of dramatic conversations centered around the rights of animals against the rights of the homeless and hungry to have access to affordable food.
In the midst of a global economic crisis that is affecting the lives of each and every world citizen and the presence of unimaginable catastrophes filling the news cycle it’s becoming harder and harder to take the simple approach and remember all the standards we should be living up to as human beings.
Standards of common sense and decency when it comes to looking at the problems within our respective government bodies, around the globe and between each other.
The day when everything runs perfectly in any government body on the planet will never come nor will there ever be a day when our differences will never be a source of conflict in a world that is shrinking more and more every day.
While these things may be truths that are out of our control what we can control is the role we play in the world as far as pushing for the things that matter not just for our health, safety and well being but for the health, safety and well being of our communities, state, nation and planet.
As long as the government is an institution whose only function is to serve the people it must be the people who demand that it begins to do so before the clock runs out and everything has to be torn down to be re-built again.
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For every time an adult figure warned us about the dangers of sticking objects into electrical outlets, talking to strangers, putting certain items into our mouths and touching things that are extremely hot or cold; some children chose to heed the warning and others had to learn the hard way.
As adults we carry these basic principles of cause and effect with us into our daily decision making process and into the decisions affect the lives of others.
Lives that are entrusted into the hands of local, state and federal representatives who have chosen to represent the will of their constituents they took an oath to serve.
Somewhere between campaign promises to fight for the men, women and children in their district, state or nation and the moment the first corporate campaign contribution was repaid by way of favorable vote; a simple life lesson was ignored.
The life lesson that comes from decades of understanding the way the world works and choosing to disregard all principles of common sense in favor of moving towards short sighted solutions.
Short sighted solutions that have continued to muddy up conversations about how best to ensure that the nation remains competitive in the energy race while still remaining conscientious of our responsibility to protect the food supply and environment.
Short sighted solutions that have moved ahead of the obvious evidence in front our faces with every salmonella and e-coli outbreak in the vegetables and meat in our food supply without the hint of a solution to root out the source of the problem as opposed to continuing the push for the same dangerous products with very few alternatives.
Short sighted solutions that have moved ahead of pragmatism and foresight in the way we have reacted as a society to explosive situations involving race, religion, sexuality and gender with a divide and conquer mentality rather than finding ways we can all come together on the issues that affect us all as human beings.
What we’re missing as a society is the ability to believe in raw simplicity.
The simplicity that comes from our raw instinct to see a problem and work towards the long term solution rather than only thinking about the things that are happening at the end of our noses today, tomorrow or next week.
For all the time, energy and money spent spinning a tale about how there is nothing wrong with the food supply and actively working to make life more difficult for farmers doing the right thing; the food we are feeding our children is telling a different story.
A story about the effects that come from decades of steroids and hormones injected to cattle we eat, unpronounceable chemicals on nearly every package in the super market and the use of antibiotics to compensate for the practice of overcrowding that has created a breeding ground for new flu virus strains that has already killed millions across the globe.
Somewhere beyond the tango to avoid hard conversations about why we allow these things to happen is a missed opportunity to get information out to a proper forum for public debate.
A debate about the facts that are being swept under the rug in favor of dramatic conversations centered around the rights of animals against the rights of the homeless and hungry to have access to affordable food.
In the midst of a global economic crisis that is affecting the lives of each and every world citizen and the presence of unimaginable catastrophes filling the news cycle it’s becoming harder and harder to take the simple approach and remember all the standards we should be living up to as human beings.
Standards of common sense and decency when it comes to looking at the problems within our respective government bodies, around the globe and between each other.
The day when everything runs perfectly in any government body on the planet will never come nor will there ever be a day when our differences will never be a source of conflict in a world that is shrinking more and more every day.
While these things may be truths that are out of our control what we can control is the role we play in the world as far as pushing for the things that matter not just for our health, safety and well being but for the health, safety and well being of our communities, state, nation and planet.
As long as the government is an institution whose only function is to serve the people it must be the people who demand that it begins to do so before the clock runs out and everything has to be torn down to be re-built again.
The conversation continues on the Khalfani King Facebook Page every Monday-Friday with daily discussions, poll questions, forums and much more.
To jump to this page click the link below and be sure to also click the like button for daily Facebook Network updates.
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Don't forget to vote and leave comments or questions.
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