So Sez Kez 130 - Fear

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Comment by hippymummy on August 17, 2009 at 12:24pm

I'd let you put your marbles in with mine but it's got more holes than a sieve! If we can see what's going on all around us then surely others can/will see it too? I'm not an important person, in the grand scheme of things i'm probably very low on the food chain and as a general rule a 'meek' type in so much as I hate conflict and would much rather keep schtum than engage in an argument with anyone. HOWEVER, as you've just said, it's my kids that i think about. I'm prepared to take all kinds of c**p myself but i want so much more for my kids. I don't want them existing in a giant ball of s**t that's been made in the process of helping the people with the numbers get even more zeros tagged onto the list of their wealth. I want them to be able to enjoy our beautiful planet and know that it's not going to stay that way for much longer if something isn't done to hold back the tide of disposable consumer goods. When we went out and bought our first cooker or washing machine, any of the white goods deemed necessary really - IF we had that luxuary, i had a 4th hand one that someone gave to me and i was grateful to get it! - we looked for one that would meet our needs and be sure to last a long time. My mam had the same cooker for over ten years at least! Now it's fitted kitchens every three years and all new appliances to go with it! WHY????? It's greed not need and it's got to stop before the planet overflows with stuff and things that we've thrown away that're perfectly servicable. Madness. I get the argument that it keeps people in work etc but if we weren't programmed to think we NEED so much then we'd not need to buy as much and as a knock on effect we wouldn't need to earn so much and would then have more time to spend with our kids in our nice world that isn't overflowing with waste. I know this is oversimplifying it but you get my drift. Something does need to be done and it needs to be started sooner rather than later if we're going to have half a chance to get it right.
"Out of little seeds grow mighty oaks".
We're planting the seeds right now so let's see how they grow eh?
Keep 'em coming Kerry-Ann xXx

Comment by Kerry-Ann Howitt on August 17, 2009 at 10:35am

"and the meek shall inherit the earth"

Didn't someone say that somewhere in a book?? (oooh, let me think of the name of it). I've often liked to think of the 'meek' mentioned as us 'ordinary mams', kind folk, those who normally just take all the shit without arguement. Whoever the meek are, they certainly ain't who's in possession of this planet right now. By my guessing that means they're due to lose it. Oh dear!

I think it's a case of the more 'educated' you are, the less likely you are to rock the boat. The arguements from people get more stupid in ratio to wages I reckon. How anyone could call someone names who's trying to help them, just because they suggested that our Monarchy may not be totally unselfish is beyond me. It gets easier the more it happens though.

These people have got away with it for way too long. We're a trusting people, and if someone tells us that we're wrong, we just believe them. But unfortunately the Emperor very much has his hairy gonads dangling down for all to see and like you say so rightly babe - if not us, then who?

I'm not brave, probably hellishly dumb. But I refuse to leave this ball of mud in this state for my kids to deal with, when I know that it can so easily be changed.

Thanks sooo much for your support angel, now could you help me pick these marbles up? I think there's a hole in my bag!

Luv you!!

Kerry-Ann
xXx

Comment by hippymummy on August 17, 2009 at 8:58am

You know what? I've been thinking about this, and other similar things, for a while now and it's true, you CAN scare yourself to death if you start to dig deep. I agree with over 90% of the things you say on here, most of which isn't hard to back up with only a little research. Now i don't know about you but i'm no rocket scientist and didn't go beyond A' levels in my education, i'm a mam who lives in a council house whose life revolves, for the most part, around my kids. I don't consider myself super intelligent or specially gifted in any way and i'm not a person who has any desire to be the centre of attention - well, not unless my kids want to wax lyrical about my latest culinary creation that is! Ha! - and the thought of standing up and doing as you've done would almost certainly fill me with terror and i can only imagine the amount of courage it took for you to stand up and speak your mind, knowing that for the most part people are going to look at you sideways and wonder where the hole in your bag of marbles is. I know i'm doing my usual around the houses backwards thing here but what i'm trying to say is this:- If ordinary mams like us can see what's going on all around us then why can't everyone else? It's THERE, as clear as the nose on my face, right in front of us - hiding in plain sight anyone? - if we'd just open our eyes and really look at what's around us instead of just accepting that what 'they' tell us is out there is all that there is.
I'm honest enough to say that it does scare me, not just the reality of the world we live in but the ever growing need to stand up and be counted. I don't want to be ridiculed or have my every word challenged, nor do i want to run the risk of p**sing the people with the REAL power off, only an idiot would, BUT if not us then who else? Your courage astounds me, i doubt very much that i would've had the strength to stand up like you've done and say ENOUGH, to be the one with courage of your convictions and be true to yourself never mind the cost. I want to thank you for removing my blinkers and helping me to start on my own journey of discovery, scary though it is, and would just like to say that if you want someone to stand beside you and say "me too" then i'd be honoured to do so.
Take Care of yourself flower, you're so very right, we DO need to get together at some point, a phonecall maybe? Love to you and yours,
Sarah xXx

Comment by Kerry-Ann Howitt on August 14, 2009 at 5:33pm

That last sentence says it all babe. You're 100% right, though we live in a world where we are taught that such things are wrong.

What will change our world is folks like us refusing to take the negative road we're led down. It's contentious, and invites hatred and ridicule, but so what? Like you say, at least they're leaving some other poor sod alone if they're sniping at us. And it's not their fault anyway, they're bred to be nasty just the same as us. They just don't know it yet, just like we didn't at one time.

We seriously gotta hook up and do something soon hunni. Our similarities are raaarthur uncanny so I reckon that whatever we did we'd have a hoot doing it!

Luv ya gal!

xXx

Comment by hippymummy on August 13, 2009 at 5:02pm

i do this too! I used to deliver the death blow to all manner of lesser lifeforms without a second thought. Now i'm much more likely to catch them and put them outside or gently persuade them to leave the house intact. My girls have a fear of spiders but even they know that if i'm around they'd better not squish them or retribution will be swift! I've even been known to lift worms out of puddles to save them from drowning! I know some people laugh at me for it but really what does it matter? As well as doing a good deed for a living being i'm distracting them from mocking some other poor bugger for 5 minutes, surely that's got to be good too? At the end of the day i'd rather be mocked for being someone who cares than feared or reviled by people for not giving a s**t about anyone/thing else, wouldn't you?