Grateful for Saturday’s Etc.
Apr 18, 2009 All Things Charli, Current Events, Friendship, Out with the Old Wicked in with the New Wicked, Random, Relationships, Thoughts and Perceptions, Wicked Wisdoms, love
Happy weekend friends!!! 
I have a few minutes to kill before D gets home and I thought I would post a quickie.
With the state of the world and the economy in shambles, it is hard to remember what is good anymore. It is especially difficult to remember what makes us the most happy when we are struggling to figure out how in the world we are going to keep our lights on, pay our mortgages… and feed our hungry tummies at the end of the day.
I have noticed that lately, blame and hate and inappropriate dialogue is more regularly exchanged between disagreeing parties. I wonder if it is the level of stress and pressure that people are under due to the current state our society is in… or if we are becoming hard, coarse humans with lack of regard for people who are different than we are. I have a hard time understanding people who think that they are better than another person based on attire or financial status… like if you have money you are all of a sudden granted the ability to live vs. another human being that is experiencing hard times.
Who decides who is better? Me? You? The Government? No.
If you were to strip the clothes off of all of us (which might be a wonderful thing for me to see… ) and took our homes and cars and fancy pants possessions up from under our pretentious noses… you and I would be the same. Living breathing people who are just trying to survive in this dog-eat-dog world of ours.
I guess what I am trying to say is, before we spout off at the mouth and make someone feel less than us because of whatever stereotype is applicable to the person… think about who they are inside. Behind the sagging jeans or BMW… past the skin color or gender… or sexual preference.
We are losing here. Losing faith, love and this sense of union that I feel like we as a race of human beings had at one point. This fact makes me sad because if we lose our sense of belonging in this world… all at the same time… then we essentially are nothing but materialistic robots fighting like pirrahnas to the top.
Who wants to live like that? I know I dont.
Today I am grateful for Saturday’s with my best friend and my Charli-bear. Today I am smiling because the sun is out, and I am wearing flip-flops and no jacket. Today, I am loved… and if you are wondering whether or not you have something to be grateful for… look in the mirror. You are alive. … and someone loves you. That someone, if there is not one other person out there who loves you in your world… is me.
What are you grateful for today?
Tags: economy, friends, government, grateful, happy, love, Saturday, stereotype
