Ugh I Am A Facebook Junkie I need An Intervention

Sorry for the long-winded post, but I just feel compelled to say something and it may enrage you so if it does feel free to remove as a friend I promise I will not get offended. I joined Facebook in 2007 or when ever it was deployed. I was so excited because I could connect with some people in my life that I had not seen nor spoken to for a long time. At first it was great, but now I am plagued with utter disappointment.

Help I am Dealing With Millennials the Generation Me Era!

 "I have morals” is what my eighteen year old son had said to me recently. As a parent this was one of the proudest moments of parenting. I know others would probably have greater aspirations for their children like to be a doctor, lawyer, professional sports star and many others, but for me if my children have morals that is the greatest compliment. Both of my children are considered Millennials also known as Generation X, Generation Me and Echo Boomers.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials

Good Versus Evil

Can We Not Focus on the Good?

I rarely rant on social media, but over the past few weeks I have digested a lot of social media coverage and rants of the recent ISIS attacks. Some of it is so unspeakable it makes me want to hurl.   TV coverage is no longer the means to harbor hatred social media is. Terrorism is a cowardly act of humanity, but how are we any better by harboring the same hatred, bigotry and racism?  The simple word for it is ignorance. What do I mean by that?  People who have zero knowledge of other religions or cultures, but are the first to be bigots and racists.  I am a Christian proud of it, but I know of the Quran.  A good Christian does not judge others or others beliefs. My advice to those who have strong opinions is to read and study the bible because that was not the way of Jesus.  Recently there was a YouTube video of Christians supposedly reading the Quran, however it was really the Bible and they did not even know. 

Wake up and look around our world is destructing piece by piece.  Natural disasters are on the rise and it is not just a coincidence.  Google the stats you will find it alarming about 28,400,000 results.  The world is becoming more evil; millions of refugees are in refugee camps, millions of others are suffering famine and so much more. We can stop the evilness.  ISIS is a group of people whom have been brainwashed and by no way represents the culture of the world!  What these terrorists have done is embedded fear into our hearts and our heads.   So naturally we look at people suspiciously because we are fearful.  I have to admit I have even done that recently.  Then I was disappointed that I would be suspecting of someone not deserving of my fear.  So the fear just escalates from one to another. 

I witness it every day on the train.   I see the fear in the Muslims eyes because they fear retribution for their Islamic beliefs.  I see fear of all others whom do not share those Islamic beliefs. We are allowing and giving power to them. We need to live our lives without hatred, fear and evil and restore our world to kindness.  This post by no means is to minimize those precious lives that have been lost and to all of those suffering their losses.  May those affected find the strength and courage to heal.  Mankind is precious in every country and every culture regardless of the circumstances. Harboring hatred is cowardly, however to possess kindness is to possess courage.

Instead of focusing on all of the evilness in the world start by focusing on the all of the kindness that is out there!  This is what the media is guilty of.   The reporters are so hungry to get their story, and then share their story, never really having to deal with their own aftermath.  These thirsty reporters or human media predators should spend more of their focus on kindness and not evilness, but believe it or not evil sells. Turn off the News, Facebook, Twitter and all others!  If you cannot shut it off.  Then shut your opinions off and say something kind!

The new term is paying it forward.  So pay it forward at least once a day and that does not entail something monetary.  It could be something as easy as a smile. Let’s do this one smile at a time.  I am witness that it does have a positive impact on others.

 

Romans 12:21
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

The Eyes of a Bully

The definition of bullying is: unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.

Bullying has been around for hundreds of years.  Even in biblical times, people who were less than perfect were cast by stones.   Today bullying has become a lot more sophisticated, instead of casting stones we now deface people over social media.  The term is called cyber bullying.  The intricacy of cyber bullying allows for thousands of people to see cyber bullying posts.  Cyber bullying has a domino effect as the increased traffic promotes more bullying other than the bully them-self.   This causes greater embarrassment and shame to the victims.

As a child I was victim to schoolyard bullying which led into my teenage years. I consider myself lucky now because there was no social media back then.   I was able to endure all of the bullying as I grew up, however it left lasting scars as I progressed into adulthood.  I was insecure and would never smile for pictures because of the overbite I had.  I was called things like”bucky”,”bugs bunny” and “beaver”.  This left a lasting impression that I decided to get braces at the age of 27 to eliminate the insecurities I lived with.  As children we are shameless and we think bullying is harmless.  We have little comprehension that this teasing can cause long term effects on the victims and for some it can have a devastating outcomes.

I was able to forgive the bullies I brushed shoulders with.  I actually saw into the eyes of a bully it was them I empathized.  Many bullies are victims of bullies themselves which in turn turns them into a bully. The bullies themselves are generally insecure and when they are bullying others it provides them with superficial power. They are starving for attention  and this attention stems into bullying.  The next time you come across a bully remember that their soul is weakened and bruised and you possess the strength and spiritual health they do not. Don't give them the power, stand up to them and guide them to path of spiritual recovery.  

Bullying unfortunately will always exist in the world we live in today as it has for many hundred years, but society needs to accept that we are all unique.  Imperfection is the world we live in.  If we were all perfect then we would all look the same.

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