LOVE Revolution … ( 03 / 16 / 2012 )
LOVE Revolution … ( 03 / 16 / 2012 )
“ Laws , like sausages , cease to inspire respect in proportion to how much we know about how they are made .” ~ John Godfrey Saxe
We are told to be careful of strangers ; to not make prolonged eyecontact with them ; to avoid provoking them by being “ too friendly ” … We are told over and over again to “ tow the line ” and remain afraid .
Well , I ’ m tired of that game … I ’ ve walked and rode and flown all over this world for the past several decades and in all my travels I ’ ve yet to find a single “ bad person ”. Yes , I have been attacked &/ or yelled at by “ crazy men ” on drugs … Yes , I have been ridiculed and rejected … Yes , I have been lied to and cheated on … AND YET the people who did these things to me weren ’ t “ evil ” or even “ bad ”. They were simply people who were confused and in pain ; people who were trying their best to survive in this crazy world that can indeed sometimes be more than a bit scary .
Come to think of it , maybe to them I was the stranger . Maybe they simply thought they were protecting themselves from me .
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