Four years later, even more things to think about.......

Four years ago I mentioned savings at 3% APR rate. Well, it's now ZERO and could go lower as some banks in the the EU are doing or threatening to do. That would be "Thank you Federal Reserve."

The rest of my points from four years ago are still valid, but I will add.....

Please for God's sake, be a critical thinker!

Question what you see, hear and read. Not everything is truth. When you have two conflicting stories, one is probably wrong, or both of them. Learn to ask (at least of yourself) "Is that really true?" Then set out to validate or invalidate the information based on your research. And don't forget to check within your own self. Common-sense and intuition are pretty good checks, unless you are drunk, of course.

So get your head out of the sand. Stop listening to FOX news or any main stream media for that matter, and use the internet while you still can. Just because the stock market is at all time highs, does not mean the world, or even the USA is in an "all is well" status.

At the very least, we've got some real certifiable dumb shits running the country and most of the world. I prefer to think that regular stupidity is the reason so many bad decisions are being made, especially in Congress, rather than deliberate self-serving ill-intent for the gain of a few at the expense of the most of us. We may never know. And for sure, the controlled media is not going to be a reliable source for truth. Propaganda, hasbara, lying-on-purpose, whatever you want to call it keeps us common folk all warm and fuzzy feeling and/or terrified of the terrifiers of the world, depending on the day.

But we all have a choice: be afraid, be very afraid OR go inside (yourself) and calm down and imagine the world at peace. Imagination is powerful.  It is creative and capable of changing the world. Not all hope and change hype. For one thing, "Hope" is not a plan. Yes, it keeps us hoping that things can get better. But CHANGE comes when the people who are awake and conscious and questioning and challenging join their energies and become a collective power-house for change.

I don't mean taking matters into our own hands, as some may believe. The sun will shine again on this country and hopefully many others when there is critical mass of soulful positive energy that will over-power the intentions of those who would do us wrong. Intention is powerful. And it can be peaceful through its powerful and creative process.

It seems a lost cause when we see so many ill-intentioned politicians surrendered to corporate wealth, either for their own gain, or perhaps some element of personal fear. The few ill-intentioned, wealth-driven sock-puppets of the rich and infamous are causing great pain on a great many innocent human beings all around the planet. This WILL change, even when only a few well-intentioned, people-driven, thinking and caring individuals get our heads and hearts full of creative intention and go forth and make change!

We have to want to. We have to be awake to what is going on around us. ALL is NOT well. People are suffering - beaten and starving and dying - because someone else has determined that is a good thing - good for the oligarchs and tyrants - to make war and move the world's riches to the off-shore accounts of the war-makers until there is no more value to move.

Back to what I said above - go inside (yourself) and calm down and imagine the world at peace. Imagination is powerful.  It is creative and capable of changing the world. If you are not awake, this will be utter nonsense to you. But if these words resonate, you may be awake or in the process of remembering and caring about who you are and the power that you have to co-create a world of peace and shared prosperity.

Peace, Light and Love!

Dave