FREEDOM

THE OLD SAYING THAT THE YOUNG CAN NOT APPRECIATE THEIR YOUTH IS SO TRUE; ESPECIALLY NOW DAYS! AS A SOCIETY WE SEEM TO BE PUSHING GROWTH AND MATURITY DOWN OUR CHILDRENS THROATS. WE ARE ASKING OUR YOUNG TO GROW UP AND CONFORM BEFORE THEY EVEN UNDERSTAND THOSE CONCEPTS. ISN'T PART OF GROWTH BEING ALLOWED TO MAKE MISTAKES SO THAT WE CAN THEN LEARN FROM THEM! IN OUR CURRENT SCHOOL SYSTEM CONFORMITY REIGNS, THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN BEING LABELED WITH ADD AND ADHD AND A HOST OF OTHER EMOTIONAL DISORDERS IS MIND BOGGLING; AND FOR ALOT OF THESE BEAUTFUL BEINGS THIS LABEL IS FALSE, GIVING AS A CONTROL MECHANISM BY TEACHERS WHO EITHER DO NOT KNOW HOW OR CAN'T BE BOTHERED LEARNING TO COPE WITH A VARIETY OF PERSONALITIES...MEDICATION IS GIVEN TO NUMB AND DUMB DOWN SO THAT WE ARE LEFT WITH CHILDREN WHO CONFORM....YEARS AGO ON A STAR TREK SERIES THEY TALKED ABOUT A RACE CALLED THE BORG, THE BORG WHERE HALF HUMAN HALF ROBOT AND ALL CONNECTED THROUGH A GROUP CONFORMITY; NOW AS I LOOK AROUND I SEE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT IN SOME WAY IS EMBRACING THAT. INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLING TO FIND THEIR IDENTITIES ARE BEING MEDICATED OR TOLD THEY HAVE PROBLEMS....WHEN I LOOK BACK AT ALL THE PEOPLE I KNEW AS A CHILD AND YOUNG ADULT THAT WHERE DIFFERENT INCLUDING MYSELF I THANK THE UNIVERSE THAT I WAS ALLOW TO DEVELOP AT MY OWN PACE AND FIND MY 'TRUTH' AND THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO CONFORM IF I DID NOT WANT TO.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH US AS A SOCIETY THAT ON ONE HAND WE EMBRACE THE WACKY AND IDIOTIC ON TV AS GREAT AND FABULOUS BUT IF OUR CHILDREN DISPLAY ANY SUCH PERSONALITIES WE RUSH TO JUDGEMENT AND EITHER MEDICATE OR EMOTIONALLY SUBJUDGCATING THEM....WHAT IS THERE TO FEAR I WANT TO KNOW IN BEING FREE TO JUST BE OURSELVES! WE SEARCH OUR WHOLE LIVES FOR THAT PART OF OURSELVES THAT SHOUTS 'THIS IS ME' THIS IS WHAT SETS ME APART! WHY THEN DO WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY IN SHUTTING THIS DOWN AND CONFORMING TO THE RULES OF A EVER CHANGING SOCIETY....IS IT MIND CONTROL ON A MASSIVE LEVEL...DAMNED IF I KNOW THE ANSWER I JUST DON'T LIKE THE CURRENT RESULTS...FOR HEAVEN SAKES LET YOURSELF AND YOUR CHILDREN BE THEMSELVES! SURELY THAT IS NOT A BAD THING, SURELY THE WORLD WILL NOT STOP TURNING AND GOVERNMENTS WILL CONTINUE THERE PETTY WAYS. ALOT OF OUR FREEDOM IS BEING SLOWLY ERRODED, MUCH WITH OUT OUR AWARENESS, OWNING OURSELVES AND OUR QUIRKS SHOULD NOT BE ONE OF THE LIBERTIES TAKEN FROM US.
BLESSINGS BE
DEBRA RAE