An Apology

                                           This is a little message to say 

                                                That sadly on this day

                                                 I could not write

                                       Or make another's day bright

              

                                           So with this heavy heart 

                                                     I say this:

                                          This is to make amends

                                     That my schedule refused to bend

                                         This is not an excuse

                                            But an ask for a truce

                                                I will write again

                                            And you will smile then

                                                     But till then  

                                             Let us stay friends

 
 
 Hello readers and friends,

If you were eagerly waiting for post at the end of last week and it didn't happen, I apologize. I got a bit busy and was not able to write. I could have, but I wanted to avoid writing some drivel in the middle of the night. I hope to write something this week, but, if I feel its not up to standards I won't release it. Till then, I thank you for all your support and thanks for reading my stuff. :)

Thanks again,

Jack Snider

Pointless Motivation

For something to be done, typically in this day an age, enough outrage has to build up. If there is no outrage, nothing is done. To this, the internet, people, life in general, testify that outrage moves people. So it is no surprise that people are so angry in whatever walks  of life, because outrages seems to be our only driving force.

Looking back on recent history, if you look at last few so called “powerful” movements, they are generated by anger. Pure and simple anger. The people in it might label it as justice, others might label as for love, but it’s only really about anger.

The problem, if anger is your motive, you will usually get other people angry.

Just look at Black Lives Matters or the Same sex marriage agenda. They all coat themselves about being this or that, but why are they so angry? If it’s really about love, why does your voice sound so hateful. Even if someone asks why? If its really about justice, why do you sound like an unreasonable mob?

All these movements, PETA, or some other movement, it seems that we can only be moved to anger. How can that be our only motivation. We need to really just sit back and look why are we doing something. Even if its for a good reason, being angry about it can only make things  worse because of the way you go about it. For anger will only alienate others when they could have been allies.

If outrage is the only thing that moves us, then those things are better being left off. Otherwise, we may charge head first into something that a smarter and cooler head wouldn’t go into. Furthermore, sometimes that something is a thing that may hurt others.

Don’t wait to get angry before you do something, just do it, and be on your way. If you have to get angry to do something, you may just find, that you will be angry at yourself for doing that very thing. Being angry is tiring and nonproductive. Don’t be outraged, and don’t let it be the fuel for your fellow doers. It is better to be one cool head then a mob of people to do something. 

Much Yelling

There is a funny irony in this, there is a wall in America, it has all these loving messages. These loving message say only one thing, how much they hate a man. It is really funny, because these message say one thing, and then do another.

It’s not so much why someone is doing a thing, or who they are against, but it is their actions. The actions of another do not excuse someone’s behavior. Looking at the rioting about Trump, you cannot but help and shake your head. If it is really about love, why does it sound so hateful. If it is really about justice, why are they opposing something that was done legally?

It just doesn’t seem to make sense. Whether you support or don't support Trump, doesn’t really matter. It doesn’t seem to make sense why they are protesting. Words are just words. If no one really believes politicians, why are the protesters so riled up? Many a politician has lied before, and will lie again. So one would think that those who are rioting have never heard about the catch twenty two of an honest politician.

The truth of the matter is, democracy has spoken, what the protesters are suggesting is not democracy, but another form. In fact, it has nothing to do with the American way. By the same right that they live in democracy that allows one to protest, they protest against that very democracy.

Hearing and looking at their message is a bit alarming too. “Fight for Change”. Doesn’t that strike you as violent? If they are protesting about Trump because, he doesn’t seem loving, why does it sound just like him?

The arguments and reasons that protesters are protesting is that an elected president is a bigot. However, when you see someone with a different opinion, and you snuff that out; That is the very term of bigotry. Not allowing anyone to have an opinion. By complaining and trying to stop someone who has an opinion you don’t like, it is more closer to bigotry than an ignorant person or racist.

While one may point out all these inconsistencies of these people who protest. It makes you think. It’s not about who won an election or who didn’t. Americans, sadly just want to be angry. People do not get angry about such things. Unless they are already angry. This is only something that just pushes them over. It is a bit like that post where a man is in a riot and holding a banner,”I don’t care what you support. I’m just here for the violence.” This seems to be really the heart of the matter. People just want to be angry.

Nevertheless to reiterate, if you look at their message, it is a whole contraindication. Meaning that they truly don’t mean what they are saying. The only reason that they are protesting is because they are just troublemakers. Furthermore, this helps no one all this protesting. It’s not going to stop democracy, stop children from starving, or make America any bit more whole but more divided.

 

So if Trump is really as bad as they say, how many times worse are these protesters who believe what he does is wrong, yet act just like him if not worse?

To Be Polite

Politeness goes along way. You can be many things, but politeness will not only make you a better person, it makes a better person out of people. If the importance of politeness was to be measured it would first be godliness, cleanliness, and then politeness as the old saying would go.

Usually when you treat others with kindness or a smile, they usually respond in kind. Even the most frowny of faces smile back when you smile. When people are polite, others respond, sometimes starting a chain reaction.

However, this does not always happen. Furthermore, some people will still be rude. Nevertheless, this does not mean that you stop being polite. In fact, a good rule, when others are ruder, be more politer. If they’re not being polite from the start, being less polite is not going to make them any more polite.

It needs to be emphasized, that it is not because others are nice or wonderful that people deserve politeness. You can be polite to the worse of people. If you were a prison guard to the worst prison in the world, being polite is something you should still practice at work.

It doesn’t matter who you are being polite to, because it's not really necessarily for them, but for yourself. It’s something to be proud of that you are polite. Furthermore, when they are rude, and you are polite, it means that you are changing them, and not the other way. If what they say can make you impolite, it mean that they are controlling you.

The beauty with politeness is that you can get away with a lot of things. People will generally like you better, and won’t mind what you do when you are polite. Being polite will not solve all your problems, but it will solve some, and it teaches you to be upright. Inner strength. If you have that you can go far.

Needless to say politeness, is invaluable. It doesn’t matter if the whole world is rude and you are polite. Politeness is more for you than it is for others.

To Fall

The greatest mistake and greatest truth is that power corrupts all. It does not care who it corrupts, but just that it corrupts. So if it corrupts all people, it does not matter what they are, but that they are people so are corruptible.

People believe that men have a great capacity for evil. However, to believe that men are more evil than woman would be wrong. The only reason they would seem to be so was because their position of power that they were able to be. Similarly, if history was reversed and women were in power, you would probably find history no different in terms of corruption.

If anyone is in power, corruption can happen. It does not matter, what sex they are, what religion they are, what belief they are, what sexual orientation they are. The truth is that power corrupts.

Nevertheless, herein lies the danger though, in history certain religions, beliefs, or genders have led the spear head for humanity, for better or for worst. And while people are quick to point out faults, they have equally led in excellence and in great failure. However, since we have only seen them lead, people believe they are corrupt because who they are, averse to the fact that they were in power so were corrupted.

So if, in this new era, whether they be women, whether they atheist, whether it be a different religion, whether it be a race, whether they be this or that, they will all fall, if they do not realize this simple truth: You are not better, you are only someone who has the capacity to resist the dangers of power corruption.

Those in the past did not fall because of a belief or ideal, but because power can corrupt. So it doesn’t matter what you are, who you are, power corruption will try to come to you if you are in a position of power. To believe otherwise, is to fall. So don’t judge the past, learn from it. Steady yourself, so you do not join them. You may be different, but what corrupted them is not. Do not be arrogant to believe that just because you learnt from them that you are better. Just learn that you were more humble enough to learn where others weren’t.

Simple As 3.14

Life is not always as what it seems. However, making the choice to see things simply as they are makes it easier. In this world, we like to complicate things, we even have shows or books that are really about complicating life, when things are simple. It’s like how we say things are complicated, when in fact, we know exactly what the issue is, but we don't want to talk about it. Making things sound more complicated as it really is.

You will find in most stories or plots, there is a villain and a hero or heroine who tries and stop the villain. Doing flips and tricks to stop them from their diabolical plan. While nothing wrong with that, in real life and not fiction or what we have made up in our minds, sometimes, you can just talk. You could just say,”Hey, are things alright?” Or,”How can I help.”And people are like, "Okay, lets talk."

 

To often, we have traded the complicated over simple because of our perception or fears, when in reality it is simple. Take for instance, how you ask people people what they want to do in life. Most people don’t know. They think it's complicated. However, every time you ask them what they like, they can already tell you what they like. Snap! Theirs there job, right there. Their whole career. Nothing complicated.

Or maybe it’s a relationship. Yes, they get messy, but people just want to be loved, their ideals on what love really is, might be messed up, but everything that happens in a relationship whether romantic or just friendship, is about a reason, a motivation. If you can see what they want, and what you want, things can go smoother.

If you break down life, it is very simple. The only reason things are complicated is because we are seeing too many options. If you see just how things are really as they are and what motivates people, it gets more simple. Find what you want and they want.

Don’t beat around the bush. See life simply as it is, you must get to the heart of the matter, look for people’s reason for doing things, what makes them tick. That is where you find the heart of things being complicated.

A Problem Within A Problem

Racism was an issue in the past because people didn’t think they were being racist or that they didn’t think racism was wrong. Now in the present, we know that racism is wrong, you would think that racism would stop. However, the problem is, racism didn’t stop and now there are problems about solving racism.

The problem with trying to stop racism or any issue surrounding it, is that people just get angry talking anything about. One could write whole passages on how anger never stopped anything. Nevertheless, if people are just getting angry about trying to fix something, you can already see the problem.

Additionally, with all this anger, already just mentioning the topic, you can already see how foolish people are who try and “solve” racism by riling up people. This can be seen with just people pointing out certain parts of history or posting memes “Wake the CENSORED up” with an African American man being hung.

There are three issues with doing something like that, either the person is trying to blow steam off, which doesn’t solve anything, unaware of other parts of American history, and lastly but more troubling, doing it just to get people angry.

The thing is, nothing of that has to do anything with solving racism. The problem with these things, is that while people might say its history, its not all of history. Yes, it is history, but it’s not the history that solved any race issue. So by having such posts or remeberings like that, they only build anger.

If you really take a look at history, what caused racial tension to really stop was people like Martin Luther King and not Malcolm X. Malcolm X was a lot of anger, while Martin Luther King was more about going somewhere averse to Malcolm X's more angrier get something. Martin Luther King was like water on fire as Malcolm X was gasoline.

People might say atrocities happened are history, but so also is freeing of slaves, people of all races saying treatment of others is not correct. Furthermore, history is also about people like George Washington Carver, Booker T Washington and African American Men fighting for freedom in the great wars.

You cannot just pick and choose history and say that this justifies your action. Even if it did justify your action, what are you justifying? If there is a need to justify, that is a bit concerning.

If racism or any issue around racism is to be solved, it has to be someone who is willing to forget the past and make way for the future. Holding onto the past will only hold back the future. Being angry about something is okay, but to the point, that is your only motivation? No, that will not work.