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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
I have been to quite for too long
I have been to quite for too long. Yep, that is true. While I sit here working hard to keep my business alive, and to not upset peoples feelings and thoughts, the reality is this: I am HOMELESS and the Politicians don't give a DAMN!
Don't get me wrong, I AM part of Romney's 47%. I am a consumer who has created not only one business, but two and a non profit to help others live their dreams, to make a difference in the world. I do currently have food stamps, a grateful $200 a month that allows me to eat about 15-20 days a month. I am currently using free medical services as needed, thank God not often. So yeah, while I work my ass off to keep my business alive and to try and get it to where it should be, I am one of those that feels some help from the government is needed to survive.
And yet, it seems that all of the regulations and politics that goes on in our country actually helped put me in this position. I can't afford a lawyer to fight for what was taken from me simply because Lawyers don't believe in the free market concept...yes, they have a fixed rate that they swear to uphold as attorney's and a mutual agreement to never sue each other...talk about price fixing and lack of customer satisfaction.
So while the Politicians talk about the Middle Class and how to help them grow, the reality is, they don't. Not one of the Presidential candidates has put forth a plan to help Americans get out of this crazy economic mess. Not one of them really cares about Americans! They only care about keeping their job, or getting an elected job.
I am SOOOOOO tired of it! But, I can't be the only one, can I? I mean, what happen to those millions of people who supported Occupy Wall Street? Where did they go? Why are they allowing for this to continue? Oh, I forgot, they and yes like myself are just Sheep that are lead around and told what to do. We are sold the bill of goods that to be successful, we must have this, that and that...really?
I guess that's why my business is just not succeeding. I would much rather share the wealth with my Authors and Artist then to rip people off by selling them over priced crap so I could become a Millionaire...a Success Story.
Am I wrong to share the wealth? Am I wrong to believe that as a group of people devoted to supporting each other, that we can succeed in more ways then just financial? What happened to supporting the creative aspect of our lives? There has been so much gained from writers, artist and musician's over our entire life span as humans, it over shadows that of technology and science...after all those ideas in technology and science came from those who are creative. yet, we treat creative energy as a step child instead of embracing it and supporting it.
Now I see why Big Bird is worried about his funding cut, the cuts have been happening for years all in the name of progress and richness.
Ok, I vented. I hope I am not alone is the aspect that things have to change in a positive way in politics and in supporting the creative energy. After all, $6.00 for a cup of coffee would actually serve a greater cause if the $6.00 was used to support the Arts.
Life goes on...I go on.
Don't get me wrong, I AM part of Romney's 47%. I am a consumer who has created not only one business, but two and a non profit to help others live their dreams, to make a difference in the world. I do currently have food stamps, a grateful $200 a month that allows me to eat about 15-20 days a month. I am currently using free medical services as needed, thank God not often. So yeah, while I work my ass off to keep my business alive and to try and get it to where it should be, I am one of those that feels some help from the government is needed to survive.
And yet, it seems that all of the regulations and politics that goes on in our country actually helped put me in this position. I can't afford a lawyer to fight for what was taken from me simply because Lawyers don't believe in the free market concept...yes, they have a fixed rate that they swear to uphold as attorney's and a mutual agreement to never sue each other...talk about price fixing and lack of customer satisfaction.
So while the Politicians talk about the Middle Class and how to help them grow, the reality is, they don't. Not one of the Presidential candidates has put forth a plan to help Americans get out of this crazy economic mess. Not one of them really cares about Americans! They only care about keeping their job, or getting an elected job.
I am SOOOOOO tired of it! But, I can't be the only one, can I? I mean, what happen to those millions of people who supported Occupy Wall Street? Where did they go? Why are they allowing for this to continue? Oh, I forgot, they and yes like myself are just Sheep that are lead around and told what to do. We are sold the bill of goods that to be successful, we must have this, that and that...really?
I guess that's why my business is just not succeeding. I would much rather share the wealth with my Authors and Artist then to rip people off by selling them over priced crap so I could become a Millionaire...a Success Story.
Am I wrong to share the wealth? Am I wrong to believe that as a group of people devoted to supporting each other, that we can succeed in more ways then just financial? What happened to supporting the creative aspect of our lives? There has been so much gained from writers, artist and musician's over our entire life span as humans, it over shadows that of technology and science...after all those ideas in technology and science came from those who are creative. yet, we treat creative energy as a step child instead of embracing it and supporting it.
Now I see why Big Bird is worried about his funding cut, the cuts have been happening for years all in the name of progress and richness.
Ok, I vented. I hope I am not alone is the aspect that things have to change in a positive way in politics and in supporting the creative energy. After all, $6.00 for a cup of coffee would actually serve a greater cause if the $6.00 was used to support the Arts.
Life goes on...I go on.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Update - Moving Forward?
Howdy;
It's been a month since my last posting and the 1st year anniversary of me being homeless has now past. I did not mark it with any party, crying or anything at all, after all why should I? It is a milestone that I had hoped not to have gone through, but I have and I am still homeless and I am still alive. I am grateful for what I do have!
I would love to say that things are getting better, and yet I don't see that as my reality. Even with my change of words and meanings in my affirmation, I am getting further in debt, am struggling even harder to keep my business open and my love life sucks.
However, with that being said. I have kept myself from getting more depressed overall, thanks to my new mantra and the fact that I do believe in the aspect that things WILL get better, it's just a question of when.
I continue to create new ideas for income possibilities. I continue to publish books. I continue to be creative with ideas for my own future books, and activities. In essence, I continue to do what I can to move forward in some direction. That direction is yet for God & the Universe to tell or show me where it will lead, but it is forward none the less.
That is what is important, moving forward and willing to keep moving forward. I see too many times on the streets of people who no longer move forward, they just exist and it's not the homeless either. It's everyday people that accept their limited aspect of life and choose to do nothing about it...just exist. There are times though that they are forced to move in some direction, and how they handle it will be the key to wither it is forward or backward. What are you doing? Are you stagnant, just existing?
Life is full of challenges and a good amount of set backs, I can't sugar coat that. But if you choose to allow it to keep you down, keep you stuck, then you will get stuck and you will not be able to get out of it. In fact, you will one day realize that all you have done is go backwards, sink into some hole that seems so big that you can't get out of it.
Like I have said, there are times that I feel that I am not making progress, that at times I feel I am letting down all the people who trusted me to make their book, their art, or what ever it is I work with succeed. To become something of value. I have succeeded in many ways, and I have failed in more ways then I would like to acknowledge in public. I am my own worst critic in that aspect, and I have felt the sadness of what has not happen in the way I believe it should.
But, even with all of that, I still keep doing what I can to make things work. To move things forward and to correct, or to change what has not happen the way I feel it should. I am moving forward by doing, by being alive and by creating. Doing what I can to change what is, not just for my self, but for everyone involved, and ultimately for the Universe as a whole.
As always, time will tell if I succeed in changing my status for good, or just fall further back into the hole.
Life goes on...I go on
It's been a month since my last posting and the 1st year anniversary of me being homeless has now past. I did not mark it with any party, crying or anything at all, after all why should I? It is a milestone that I had hoped not to have gone through, but I have and I am still homeless and I am still alive. I am grateful for what I do have!
I would love to say that things are getting better, and yet I don't see that as my reality. Even with my change of words and meanings in my affirmation, I am getting further in debt, am struggling even harder to keep my business open and my love life sucks.
However, with that being said. I have kept myself from getting more depressed overall, thanks to my new mantra and the fact that I do believe in the aspect that things WILL get better, it's just a question of when.
I continue to create new ideas for income possibilities. I continue to publish books. I continue to be creative with ideas for my own future books, and activities. In essence, I continue to do what I can to move forward in some direction. That direction is yet for God & the Universe to tell or show me where it will lead, but it is forward none the less.
That is what is important, moving forward and willing to keep moving forward. I see too many times on the streets of people who no longer move forward, they just exist and it's not the homeless either. It's everyday people that accept their limited aspect of life and choose to do nothing about it...just exist. There are times though that they are forced to move in some direction, and how they handle it will be the key to wither it is forward or backward. What are you doing? Are you stagnant, just existing?
Life is full of challenges and a good amount of set backs, I can't sugar coat that. But if you choose to allow it to keep you down, keep you stuck, then you will get stuck and you will not be able to get out of it. In fact, you will one day realize that all you have done is go backwards, sink into some hole that seems so big that you can't get out of it.
Like I have said, there are times that I feel that I am not making progress, that at times I feel I am letting down all the people who trusted me to make their book, their art, or what ever it is I work with succeed. To become something of value. I have succeeded in many ways, and I have failed in more ways then I would like to acknowledge in public. I am my own worst critic in that aspect, and I have felt the sadness of what has not happen in the way I believe it should.
But, even with all of that, I still keep doing what I can to make things work. To move things forward and to correct, or to change what has not happen the way I feel it should. I am moving forward by doing, by being alive and by creating. Doing what I can to change what is, not just for my self, but for everyone involved, and ultimately for the Universe as a whole.
As always, time will tell if I succeed in changing my status for good, or just fall further back into the hole.
Life goes on...I go on
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