Passions are the "to do", list of the soul, an ever present torch in the darkness, a persistent beckoning, the promise of escape, often buried beneath the cumbersome mass of the "to do", list of life. Passions are those things that we work toward, for the pure joy of doing, for the pure joy of being. Passions are the direct reply of the soul to the questions the heart the mind can not alone answer. Without our passions, we are less alive, we are less connected to our higher power, to ourselves, thus to others. Without passion, we are devoid of life and happiness. Everything is nothing... Nothing is everything...Give me nothing. Give me no law, give me no currency, nor shelter, nor clothes, nor entitlements, but save for one. Give me freedom.
There is no passion to be found in the day to day struggles of this life. There is no passion in survival.
Set me free to run naked in the fields, among the trees, grasses and flowers, set me free to bathe in streams and ponder the vastness of the sea without end, set me free to lay under the heavens and count the stars, set me free to sleep when I am sleepy, to eat when I am hungry and to hunt and cook over a fire of my making, with what I plant and grow. Set me free to be with with those I have brought forth and those who have made me and those who are like minded to be in community with me. Set me free to teach my children, set me free to pray to whomever I want, whenever I want without end. Set me free to have the time my creator gave to me alone to walk in this world.
Set me free.....
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Keeping Our Heads: 2010 Kentucky Senate Elections
Keeping Our Heads: 2010 Kentucky Senate Elections: "Like many of my fellow Americans, I couldn't sleep again last night. In my quest for something stronger than my Sleepy time tea, I had come ..."
2010 Kentucky Senate Elections
Like many of my fellow Americans, I couldn't sleep again last night. In my quest for something stronger than my Sleepy time tea, I had come across C-SPAN, holding a debate for the 2010 Senate Elections in Kentucky. Surely I would be sleeping in no time.
Instead I sat up and took notice of a man named Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist and a Republican. Right away, I couldn't escape the fact that this candidate was actually providing, though perhaps vaguely, some answers to the questions posed to him in what seemed to be a thoughtful, honest approach. Unlike most candidates, Mr. Paul didn't make any "pie in the sky" promises, as a matter of fact, he never promised any thing, other than to take a good hard look at the situations facing Kentucky and make the decisions then, even if they weren't popular.
On the other side of the stage, thin skinned lawyer and Democrat, Jack Conway, demonstrated circle talk, repetition and hostility, much like I have witnessed in court when counsel is losing. If that type of action works for Mr. Conway, perhaps he can do more good in his current position, than as a Senator. We have enough leaders intimidating the American people, we don't need another.
Mr. Rand, expressed that each and every program he could influence in the Senate needed to be looked at long and hard and left me with little doubt that he would be putting Kentucky on a well-balanced diet, bringing back industry and jobs. He also expressed continually, that less government, rather than more, was the way to go. I was practically applauding him there in my nightgown, when Mr. Paul spoke of allowing, The No Child Left Behind Act", to expire and lessening the Department of Education's dictatorship in our lives. On a down note, a mention was made that perhaps educational loans would be a problem, but if our kids are treated as cattle, restricted to a dumbed-down curriculum and we as parents are unable to do whats best for our own children, loans are the least of our problems.
I credit Mr. Conway with his experience and service to Kentucky thus far, but I got the feeling that his hard work of paper-pushing and hand-pumping has been little more than the obligatory riding the of coattails of the agenda set before him, come what may. Was there ever a personal initiative or original idea of Mr. Conways? I would have been interested to hear of such, instead Mr. Conway filled up his time with defending himself against Mr. Paul and annoyingly imploring the audience for their vote.
It was apparent that the drug epidemic in Kentucky, was a sore spot for Mr. Conway. I had thought he would regale us with a story of a drug addict, much like the circle stories of the hardware store owner and the single mothers, but once again, I was disappointed.
Overall, Mr. Conway used the same old, tired, worn out rhetoric, telling us of the all the struggling Americans he had met along his journey. Americans don't need your pity Mr. Conway, they need for the government to stop wasting our money, stop taxing, regulating mandating and pushing our industries and our jobs over seas, to put a cap on foreign trade, especially with China, and let us "poor", Americans make decisions for our children and ourselves on on local level, where we live, instead of having the government insinuate that we are too stupid to know what our needs are and how to manage them for ourselves.
Mr Paul sincerely acknowledged the problems, that's a darn good start. Secondly, he addressed waste, waste of money, waste of government man-hours/government pay, waste of paper (the health care bill and it's two-thousand some odd, unread pages), waste of time and the waste of just plain, old, bad legislation that is costly, ineffective and divisive to this country, such as, "The No Child Left Behind Act".
The verdict is in: Mr. Rand Paul for Senate!
Instead I sat up and took notice of a man named Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist and a Republican. Right away, I couldn't escape the fact that this candidate was actually providing, though perhaps vaguely, some answers to the questions posed to him in what seemed to be a thoughtful, honest approach. Unlike most candidates, Mr. Paul didn't make any "pie in the sky" promises, as a matter of fact, he never promised any thing, other than to take a good hard look at the situations facing Kentucky and make the decisions then, even if they weren't popular.
On the other side of the stage, thin skinned lawyer and Democrat, Jack Conway, demonstrated circle talk, repetition and hostility, much like I have witnessed in court when counsel is losing. If that type of action works for Mr. Conway, perhaps he can do more good in his current position, than as a Senator. We have enough leaders intimidating the American people, we don't need another.
Mr. Rand, expressed that each and every program he could influence in the Senate needed to be looked at long and hard and left me with little doubt that he would be putting Kentucky on a well-balanced diet, bringing back industry and jobs. He also expressed continually, that less government, rather than more, was the way to go. I was practically applauding him there in my nightgown, when Mr. Paul spoke of allowing, The No Child Left Behind Act", to expire and lessening the Department of Education's dictatorship in our lives. On a down note, a mention was made that perhaps educational loans would be a problem, but if our kids are treated as cattle, restricted to a dumbed-down curriculum and we as parents are unable to do whats best for our own children, loans are the least of our problems.
I credit Mr. Conway with his experience and service to Kentucky thus far, but I got the feeling that his hard work of paper-pushing and hand-pumping has been little more than the obligatory riding the of coattails of the agenda set before him, come what may. Was there ever a personal initiative or original idea of Mr. Conways? I would have been interested to hear of such, instead Mr. Conway filled up his time with defending himself against Mr. Paul and annoyingly imploring the audience for their vote.
It was apparent that the drug epidemic in Kentucky, was a sore spot for Mr. Conway. I had thought he would regale us with a story of a drug addict, much like the circle stories of the hardware store owner and the single mothers, but once again, I was disappointed.
Overall, Mr. Conway used the same old, tired, worn out rhetoric, telling us of the all the struggling Americans he had met along his journey. Americans don't need your pity Mr. Conway, they need for the government to stop wasting our money, stop taxing, regulating mandating and pushing our industries and our jobs over seas, to put a cap on foreign trade, especially with China, and let us "poor", Americans make decisions for our children and ourselves on on local level, where we live, instead of having the government insinuate that we are too stupid to know what our needs are and how to manage them for ourselves.
Mr Paul sincerely acknowledged the problems, that's a darn good start. Secondly, he addressed waste, waste of money, waste of government man-hours/government pay, waste of paper (the health care bill and it's two-thousand some odd, unread pages), waste of time and the waste of just plain, old, bad legislation that is costly, ineffective and divisive to this country, such as, "The No Child Left Behind Act".
The verdict is in: Mr. Rand Paul for Senate!
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