Comments on: The Daily Lie http://blog.palesideoflife.com/archives/11 There's a bright side and a dark side... so why not? Sat, 01 May 2010 03:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: larry maass http://blog.palesideoflife.com/archives/11/comment-page-1#comment-3 larry maass Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:05:46 +0000 http://blog.palesideoflife.com/?p=11#comment-3 Lies. We lie to ourselves and each other daily. Hope can be a lie if we allow it to be, or it can be the base for our faith in God and humanity. We are all capable of better than that which we give each day. We allow ourselves to wallow in self pity, to despise that with which we disagree and to push aside those who mean the most to us. These are all symptoms of a failed system of government and beliefs. When we put aside our petty differences and realize that each and every one of us is a unique and special individual, a person of worth and value and refuse to allow the perceptions of others to color how we feel about ourselves, then we can be free of the lies. This is optimism. This is also hope. I have faith, I have hope and I am an optimist. I wake each day knowing that it is I and I alone, with the blessings of God, who will shape how my day progresses. Do I allow others to influence my decisions, attitudes and desires. Sure thing. I am human. I have ego. I seek approval. Still, it is only I who decide to allow these things to govern my life. Politicians make decisions that affect us but do not listen to our desires because they are all beholden to the highest bidder. America is no longer the country of the founding fathers. That is a good thing and a bad thing. Slavery no longer exists, women can vote, a harmless God given plant is illegal, corporations run everything. Some blame the Democrats, some blame the Republicans, I blame the people. We have allowed this to happen. We have allowed the dumbing down of the populace so that a large portion of the people will believe anything without asking for proof. We have become a nation of low intelligence and lack of compassion for our fellow man. But regardless, I too believe that we are capable of reversing course and bringing this country back to where it belongs. A country of Hope, compassion, concern for our fellow man and woman, regardless of economic, social or ethnic background. If hope is a lie, then life is not worth living anymore. Lies. We lie to ourselves and each other daily. Hope can be a lie if we allow it to be, or it can be the base for our faith in God and humanity. We are all capable of better than that which we give each day. We allow ourselves to wallow in self pity, to despise that with which we disagree and to push aside those who mean the most to us. These are all symptoms of a failed system of government and beliefs.

When we put aside our petty differences and realize that each and every one of us is a unique and special individual, a person of worth and value and refuse to allow the perceptions of others to color how we feel about ourselves, then we can be free of the lies.

This is optimism. This is also hope. I have faith, I have hope and I am an optimist. I wake each day knowing that it is I and I alone, with the blessings of God, who will shape how my day progresses. Do I allow others to influence my decisions, attitudes and desires. Sure thing. I am human. I have ego. I seek approval. Still, it is only I who decide to allow these things to govern my life.

Politicians make decisions that affect us but do not listen to our desires because they are all beholden to the highest bidder. America is no longer the country of the founding fathers. That is a good thing and a bad thing. Slavery no longer exists, women can vote, a harmless God given plant is illegal, corporations run everything. Some blame the Democrats, some blame the Republicans, I blame the people. We have allowed this to happen. We have allowed the dumbing down of the populace so that a large portion of the people will believe anything without asking for proof. We have become a nation of low intelligence and lack of compassion for our fellow man.

But regardless, I too believe that we are capable of reversing course and bringing this country back to where it belongs. A country of Hope, compassion, concern for our fellow man and woman, regardless of economic, social or ethnic background.

If hope is a lie, then life is not worth living anymore.

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