2008 Making Choices: Humanity, the Planet, YOU

I started this blog in Nov of 2007. It hasn’t been that long and I really haven’t written as much as I had wanted to. But after going over what I have written and what I would like to write about, I have to say the running theme to my posts have changed. I finally see the tie-in to it all. You see I am a stern advocate for human rights, animal rights, the environment, freedom… all of it. But not all of that belongs under the heading “Thoughts on World and Indigenous Cultures, Women’s Issues and Humanity”. Although I will still be writing about these same issues that I am so passionate about, I will also be writing about other topics that don’t necessarily fall under the current heading.

So starting today, I am changing the theme to WAKE UP!! NO MORE APATHY. Because really, I’m not trying to spread the word about human rights, the environment, or anything else as much as I’m trying to get people to see that action needs to be taken. NOW. And if I can do a small part of passing on a little spark of information or inspiration, then maybe that person will pass on a spark, and so on and so forth. And pretty soon, those many little sparks can ignite into a flame of opportunity that gets people off their asses to stand up for what THEY believe in.

This world needs healing. And if we’re all waiting around for someone else to do it, then it will never get done. I’m not saying join a protest group and spend your weekends holding up picket signs in front of the mall. Nor am I saying start a blog and rant about it. All I’m saying is do something… anything Whatever you can, in your own way to voice your dissatisfaction with what you feel is wrong. Accept and use your voice while you still have the ability. Make changes however you can. And pass it along. Pass on a little bit of knowledge daily to someone who may not know. Perhaps that will be just the golden nugget of information that person needed to start his or her own spark.

We need each other in order to make change happen. I ask that you choose to make 2008 your year to make change. Choose to be active, to not be passive. Choose how you will live your life. I mean really choose. Consciously make the choice. Don’t just continue to robotically live life without intention. Think about what you are putting into your body. Find out what the companies do with the money you give them. Where does it go? What does it support? You’ll be surprised how many daily household products you purchase that continues to be put towards war and other inhumane practices. Think about how YOUR actions affect other people. Think about Newton’s Third Law of Physics – For every action, there is an equal (in size) and opposite (in direction) reaction force. Then think about what action you are taking or (not taking), think about what that reaction might be then DO SOMETHING.

We are all directly affected by what is going on in this world. We are all connected. We buy diamonds – children become boy soldiers and women get gang raped. We buy Proctor and Gamble products yet they are one of the top contractors for the U.S. War Dept. We buy products from Dow like Saran Wrap and other numerous chemical agents and they are the manufacturers of the rupturing breast implants, Agent Orange, Napalm and DBCP. We sheepishly go along with the implementation of RFID technology on our persons and we become a bar coded nation with little or no freedom.
We all know the story about the frog in the boiling water right? The boiling frog story states that a frog can be boiled alive if the water is heated slowly enough — it is said that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will never jump out.

Let’s not be like that frog.

Thanks for waking up and tuning in.

~ by Alanna on January 1, 2008.