Can You Hold That Down... Please!

Can you really take it anymore!  Those young men and boys wearing baggie pants below their waist on the thigh… and they say that is cool these days.  How about people who are so glued to a cell phone that they seem to always be calling or texting someone while driving in traffic or making a turn… really… is it that important?

What about little children being left alone in cars while the engine is still running or when it’s hot outside, with the window all closed up and no air conditioning on… all the while the diver goes into the local convenient store to get a cup of coffee, a soda, cigarettes or some kind of snack… unbelievable.  Here is one for you, those men and women with tattoos and body piercings.  I always believed that practice belonged to a unique group of sailors, sea merchants and pirates… I guess not…it has gone mainstream without the sailing.  And of course, and one of my favorites is those individuals with cars and the “baddest” music system around that blast music so load that even the car shakes and rattles when the volume is turned up and the vibration… just drives you up a wall… it does something to you, doesn’t it. 

This is pretty amazing stuff…isn’t it… of what we see and hear in the 21^st century and they call me old fashion and out of touch with the times.  It’s “Ok” to have self-expression.  I don’t have a problem with that.  I believe that everyone should always strive to be all they are capable of becoming, to live the American Dream as they see it and to find their place in a complex world.  It get it! And I feel it!   But the problem that I am having today is when people are not getting a quality education, not voting, living in poverty, and corporate greed, dealing with gun violence, disrespecting other people, limited access to health care, obtaining a livable wage job and not taking responsibility for personal actions.  And this is not just a personal problem; it is also a community, city, corporate, and national problem.         

In the words of Sir Winston Churchill, the prime minister of the United Kingdom during WWII, who once said…“We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give…”  Isn’t it’s time to get our act together and deal with what really matters?