the silly season has a way of pulling me in different directions at the same time. i don't follow or pay much attention to politics these days- i view the entire electoral system as irrevocably broken and there's really no sense in participating in what is largely a sham. when more folks realize that the deck is stacked against us and in favor of the ruling class, perhaps we can make some meaningful change in that arena.
i don't intend to hold my hand on my ass waiting for that to happen....
anyhoo, the world continues to spin on it's axis and my life motors along and i will deal with whatever comes my way and try to live each moment gratefully and meaningfully- and probably fall far short of that.... but i'll try anyway. what i have learned from my short time on the planet is- human nature simply does not change. it doesn't. we have inhabited this planet for a few thousand years now ;) and as far back as we know in what's left of human history- we haven't really evolved.
oh, we live in nicer homes and have made life more convenient and pleasant for ourselves- at least in the western world... but the essence of humanity has not changed. i am currently reading 'the iliad' and i watched a 'secrets of the dead' program on pbs last night that detailed the last hours of pompeii and herculaneum when vesuvius erupted in 79 AD- people are people. the same types of petty bickering, the same fearful chaotic panic in a crisis, the same hunger for war and conquest amongst some and the weary desire for peace for the rest... yep.... same.
it's lofty to hold the ideal that in 'modern' times humans have evolved into enlightened beings. we haven't. and in fact, our own technology is being used against us by the war mongering power junkies. so, i have largely stayed out of everything. there is no point. the only time i call anyone out at work or in my private life is when they are parroting flat out lies. you cannot change hearts and minds. not in people who are willfully clinging to the past and to a way of life that is comforting to them. it's like their life preserver and they are not going to let go.
so, i go to work and come home and play facebook games and crochet and then do it all over again.... and so it goes.....
