Do not Conform/Assimilate

It is a beautiful day to be alive. This year alone I have lost over a half a dozen friends and acquaintances to death and it's only August.  Oddly enough they all passed due to some illness or just failed to wake up. And yet I am still  surrounded by more who are suffering from various illness. Attempts to share with them how to heal themselves is met with much resistance. So I will let them be and focus on me and reflect on how I can be a more healthier me.  

Reflecting makes me more determined to continue to take good care of myself so that I will not become a burden on my children. In fact I am more committed now more than ever to embracing my lifestyle more intensely. 

I have a fairly quiet lifestyle, although some days can be hectic and  exhausting at times, but it is one that serves me, not the other way around. I sleep until I wake up then I do what I am inspired to do, not motivated to do. Here's the difference. Inspiration comes from within and requires very little effort on my part but always succeeds while motivation comes from without, requires great effort, and may or may not succeed depending on my motivational levels.  

Since I lost my job in 2011 I have adapted to a more suitable way of life. In the beginning it was due to some health challenges and a couple of car accidents, but the past 5 years have been by design. People speak of imitating a certainty type of  lifestyle i.e. Rastafarianism, Christianity, Judaism, etc. but for me it is more than that. Demographics and cultural conditioning may cause one to adopt certain lifestyle habits, but consciousness/awakening will cause one to evolve into one's true nature/self. Free from the cumbersome things that can weigh heavy on the mind thus causing dis-ease in the body resulting in some form of illness. That is what happened to me. As I learned to embrace my true self, something wonderful happened. I became whole and my happiness and joy flowed from within. For me, this is who I am naturally and not what I was conditioned to be. Conditioning would have me staying up nights worrying about things I cannot control.  It would have me looking haggard and old. I denounce conditioning.  I do not imitate nor do I assimilate. I no longer conform to what society says I should or should not do.  I conform to what the Universe says I am. I live my life by the principles set forth by the Universe, not by man. Oddly enough man has adopted some of the Universe's principles and presented them in a way that restricts the benefits through something called religion. As such people have been misled to think they can only access these benefits if they follow the rules set forth in the Bible. Lots of restrictions come with that way of thinking.  A thinking which construes and limits one's ability to truly live one's life as the Creator intended. It is a kin to mental slavery. Bob Marley said it best "emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds". I have listened to Bob Marley's songs for years and can even sing the words by heart but it was not until my awakening did I truly understand what he was talking about. With that understanding came clarity. With clarity came a change and that change caused me to evolve into the true meaning of my name  - "Right and Proper". There is no other way for me to be.

People may not understand who I have evolved into. Some have said that I have strayed away from God and no longer believe. Some say I have an "unfamiliar spirit" on me and no longer want to associate with me because they have been conditioned to believe that an "unfamiliar spirit" is evil.  To them I say you are so wrong. Fact is I have gotten closer to God and that "unfamiliar spirit" they refer to is my true self emerging. Truth is I have tapped into God. Coming into knowing who I am and the power that comes from knowing who I am is worth the time I took to get here and the people I have lost. That glow you see on my face is the essence of pure happiness. 

They say the camera captures your spirit. Well take a good look at my image. Can you see happiness and joy? That my friends is that unfamiliar spirit. Unfamiliar because not too many people have it. 

I encourage you to seek happiness and joy that comes from within. It is life changing. I'm just saying - I got issues, what about you?)i(

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Brian Kemp for Governor? I don't think so!!

 

So the other day a popular local news channel announced that Georgia no longer requires a carry permit for a concealed weapon. "Ok" I thought. "How interesting. What brought that about?" You may already know that nothing happens in a vacuum. So I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. Did not have to wait long as a few days later it was reported by that same local news channel that the crime rate in Atlanta was at an "all time high." You think? What did you think was going to happen when you removed the requirements for carrying a gun? I don't know what elite person has Brian Kemp in their pocket that persuaded him to lift the need for a carry permit for a concealed weapon but that was clearly a bad idea.

I am sure there are other factors that contributed to the crime rate increase in Atlanta, but I promise you that this decision only added to the issue.  In what universe is allowing anyone the freedom to carry a conceal weapon with out a permit is a good thing? I am lost for words. I just know that come election time, Governor Kemp will not be getting my vote. I need a leader who can put the need of the people ahead of his own political agenda. Someone who sees the welfare of the community as priority more than lining his pocket. 

Everyday someone dies as a result of gun violence. It is hard enough to keep up with the people we know has a gun. Now we have to worry about the ones who may be concealing one without a permit. Now everybody can carry a gun without prior evaluation of their mental capacity to do so. No background check required. No history of past violence evaluated. Just go out and buy a gun and you good. If you ask me, we are less safe now. It could be the clerk at the courthouse who had a bad day and just whips it out. Or the bus boy at the local restaurant who got pissed of because he got a lousy tip. Who knows what is about to be unleashed. But one thing is for sure, it won't be good. There was a reason why a carry permit was required in the first place. Did that reason suddenly make no sense?

Well since we getting rid of senseless reasons and the laws that supported them how about revisiting why I need to renew my drivers license every year or why I need to have it on me while operating a vehicle? Times have changed right? I mean back in the day the only way a police officer knew for sure you were authorized (had training) to operate a vehicle safely was by you showing proof of a driver's license. Now we have advanced technology were an officer can download your whole history with just a touch of a button. He can tell if your car insurance is up to date as well as if you have any outstanding warrants. All from the comfort of his cruiser. So tell me again why in this day and age people are still being hauled into court because they did not have their valid driver's license on them at the time they were operating a vehicle and their driver's license was not suspended or expired? Did they suddenly forgot how to drive? Did they develop amnesia and could not remember their name? I have lived at the same address for 25 years. My name, eye color, and smile has been consistently the same. My weight too, as no one bothers to verify it short of asking me. So for all intent and purposes I have been a solid 175 lbs for the past 27 years. You think the officer who pulled me over cares about my weight or eye color accuracy? Hell no. All I am saying is that the thought process to arrive at the decision to revoke the carry law has to be flawed.

Georgia is home to more than the rich and elite. We have people who are homeless. People who are poor and people who are what some refer to as "middle class". A person's social status should not determine how much protection they get under the law. We are all human beings. We all put on our drawers/underwear one leg at a time. We all deserve to feel safe no matter who we are. Brian Kemp has failed Georgia in more ways than one. This banishment of the conceal weapon permit is the last straw for me. I'm just saying - I got issues. What about you?)i(

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