I Refuse

I'm writing this long before it is published, but it will most likely be relevant at any time it is posted.  In today's age, we have become hatemongers with one another.

We don't care about another point of view or belief.  We just demand that ours is the correct one and all others are wrong.

So today, I state the following.

Join with me if you plan to do the same.



I Refuse!

• I refuse to partake in the hate-mongering that is thriving online.  If I cannot say something nice about someone, I will be silent.
• I refuse to partake in the sensationalized drama that is spread through ridiculous social media postings with its only intent is to get you to click on something.
• I refuse to partake in one-sided arguments where facts are omitted, but belief and opinion are the only arguments.
• I refuse to propagate pictures and images and social media posts that demean any group or political ideology or persons that are different than me.
• I refuse to spread false lies and innuendo just because someone on social media claims it is true.  I will check the facts out and if I cannot verify it, I will not spread it forward.
• I refuse to pass claims along that appear to be valid, but have no basis in fact or ones that have been proven to be untrue.  I will take a minute to think before I forward and like a social media posting.
• I refuse to add more screaming and yelling to the mix of social media, especially when no one is listening to anyone but themselves.
• I refuse to live my life on social media because even though I may have connections, I know that it is the true friends you can see and talk to in life that make a big difference.
• I refuse to get worked up about every social media posting just because the crowd has their pitchforks raised in the air and chanting in unison.

Social media is a good way to help advance things in the world, but lately all I have seen is a place that is degrading to humanity.  The only way we can rise above all of this is if we don't propagate on that which we despise and hate.

If we are not part of the solution, we are part of the problem.

You can expect my social media posts to be respectful, compassionate and hopefully ones that help others heal and advance their lives.  If I fail in this regard, please private message me and show me where I failed.  I will try to correct it immediately. 

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Blog Post And Images (c) 2016 by Don Shetterly

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Do You Check Your Mind At The Door?

This blog post might end up being a little sarcastic, but gosh darn it all to fancy flowers, it needs to be.  Every day, I observe and watch humans interact and every day, I'm disheartened more and more.  It feels like the majority of humans check their minds at the door.  So, yep, I'm off to a sarcastic start!

Watch what people pay attention to in a day.  I'd venture a guess that it is politics 101 remedial level.  Every morsel that is said from any political person or candidate is hung to as if it was the last molecule of oxygen in the entire world.  Its 24 hours a day and if someone in the political realm sneezes, 50% of the population is supportive and 50% of is against the sneeze.

It doesn't matter what the subject is these days.  It doesn't matter if it should be political or not.  People just love to hate and hate to love all the time exclaiming they are somehow superior in their actions and motives over the other person.  There is no listening.  There is no respect.  It is win at all costs even if it means taking the other person down.

Political, social media, everyday life...

If we move on to the subject of online social media, it doesn't get much better.  The garbage that gets posted there in a day could fill all the oceans in the world.  I'm sorry if you think your stuff is better than most, but the percentage of people actually sharing something worthwhile is pretty darn small.  Its almost undetectable. I wish there were more of the people who share good stuff!

Nope, I'm sorry, but sharing pictures repeatedly over and over along with repeated posts over and over that hardly say or do anything just so you get noticed is not really benefiting anyone.  Posting porn pictures constantly thinking this is good, feels more like a 14 year old kid that is seeing a naked person for the first time.  It feels about as immature as it gets.  There is just far too much garbage posted and again.  When people enter online social media, its like they are checking their minds at the door.

Let's not forget the countless email subscription lists of all this useful information that isn't worth two seconds of your time.  Let's not forget the gulping down of advertisements and products and claims that are lacking in substance.  Let's not forget about how much we just try to trick one another into believing something is true when it is not.

Too much superficial stuff these days...

I'm so tired of seeing people check their minds at the door.  I'm tired of seeing the mind-numbed robots so overtaken by media and videos and games and the so-called news.  I'm so tired of seeing politics and the latest news story of the day become more important than humanity itself.

Most likely I am preaching to the choir, but the choir is just as problematic as the minister himself.  Yes, we are human but right now we are failing one another.  We're more interested in the superficial stuff of the day, than in what truly matters.  We care more about winning than the people we trample over on the way to the win.

It isn't the politicians or the media or the leaders of our day that are the problem.  It is each one of us individually.  We make up those people.  We make up the world.  If we stopped doing the things we are doing, things would change so fast, our collective heads would spin off our shoulders.

Part of the problem or solution...

It doesn't start with all those people out there.  It starts within each one of us.  We have to make the choice that we aren't going to be part of the problem, but part of the solution in our own life.  We have to make the decision that we are going to start working to solve our own individual problems rather than proclaim to all others what is wrong with them.

You can continue to check your mind at the door if you want.  It is your choice to do this.  You can also choose to be part of a world where you make a difference, not add to unconsciousness that is so prevalent in every facet of our lives.

Like I have stated in the following blog post, maybe we should learn to respect others.

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Question Of The Day

Are you part of the problem or part of the solution?   

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Blog Post And Images (c) 2016 by Don Shetterly

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Is Pain Something You Live With?

A report published in 2000 revealed that as many as 60 percent of the respondents believed that pain is just something you have to live with, and 28 percent felt there was no solution to their pain. (Freedom From Pain by Peter Levine)


Personal Note - Read "The Choice To Go Into The Pain" (blog post)