notions of victim and victimizer, oppressor and oppressed, are irrelevant. In historically turbulent, sometimes abusive relationships, each party requires understanding and support in order to righteously resolve their issues, because each is a co-conspirator in creating, and perpetuating, those issues.The struggles, pain, and mistakes of previous generations were theirs. They become ours only to learn from and build upon, not to emotionally resurrect and relive. Depending on how intelligently we undertake them, our actions today will be praised, or condemned, by those who follow us. In the end, logic and common sense always prevail, so the smart thing for us to do is rely on them to arrive at our desired destination much quicker, and much happier.
An easy exercise is to project ahead to the time when mutual respect prevails on this planet. Visualize, and feel, how you perceive yourself and others; how you behave towards them, and they towards you. Recall how foolish and hateful people of the past (our present) were, and reflect on the root causes of their attitudes and behaviors. Capture that image and bring it back, perceiving and behaving now exactly as you did in the future.
Current realities will not change, but your reactions to them will, because you will experience them in detached hindsight with less emotion, greater understanding, and genuine compassion. You'll be surprised at how effectively this works, if you make an earnest effort. As a bonus, you'll become better equipped to prosper in our broken economy.
The Economy: Greed and Stupidity The orderly collapse of the American economy is underway, no one knows when it will end, what pattern the rubble will assume, how much will be salvageable, and how much will become manure that fertilizes new ventures.
President Obama was polite in his inauguration speech when he said greed, and a failure to make hard choices, were the causes of our economic woes. Investment banks and other financial interests looted the country via their bailout. The average American, equally caught up in the frenzy of quick profits and/or equity in an insanely overvalued real estate market, helped them do it.
The Obama administration's planned investment in infrastructure development and Green energy production is essential, beneficial, and makes sense. Injecting more capital into banks to pay for toxic assets, or bailing out homeowners who knowingly bought overpriced property, does not.
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