Carpe Diem

Carpe Diem

About Me: inclination & inspiration BABY MAHNI'S BL♥G

emuwren:

American Kestrel - Falco sparverius.

my-page-of-me:

seasidestyle:

Thoughts, Prayers, and Love Boston…

and New York, Louisiana, Oklahoma… frankly the whole darn country needs our thoughts, prayers, and love. America ♥

natures-garden:

hello again,summer by ~despy10

prettypicsdelightfultips:

prettypicsdelightfultips

christinaguentherjewelry:

i want to be here

my-page-of-me:

It’s my day off and I’m glad for it, yesterday work was a PITA because we started a new computer program and it was nothing but one glitch after another for hours. There were four of us who were basically the guinea pigs who got to try and put it to use for the first two hours and then only two of us could even get into the program to put it to use. I am quite thrilled to have today off.
Yesterday I received the rejection letter from the company I had that epically failed interview with. I hated to open the envelope and it did bite me but then again I do love the early shift I have and although I am barely making it financially, I am making it, so I will just continue on and take what I can learn from that interview and file it away to use later and the rest I’ll just toss away, it’s behind me now. I have been unemployed more than employed since graduation last year and am not alone in the struggle to find financially adequate employment, so I am grateful for the job I have. No sense crying over unruly chihuahuas leading to failed interviews when I can focus on my coffee, having a day off, and the chance to visit with my son again today. ♥ Visiting my son again today.
I was helping my daughter with an assignment surrounding the Armenian and Cambodian genocides, what both peoples went through, and the differences between the two genocides. It reminded me that I am—at least for the moment—basically free in comparison with so many others around the world. However, I also have serious concerns regarding the direction the government has been headed in recent years and the future of freedom as we (used to) know it in our country. I need to always remain aware of what has happened to other lands and peoples, as well as peoples of this land I call my own, who have been (and are currently) mistreated and discriminated against by the powers that be, due to their sex, class, and race/ethnicity or due to their opposition to the powers that be.
I always fly an American flag outside my house and I find it interesting that more people don’t do so and who those people are that don’t fly one. I don’t have a blind patriotism to my government but I do have a strong love and hope for this land and for all of the many good people who live on it. We have to stand up for what we see that is right and wrong in our countries and other countries as well. In this country we have a big problem stemming from the biased media that totally sways the masses of those who aren’t willing to seek information on their own. People cheer on leaders and movements without really knowing why. They will fight for causes because the media induces loyalty toward certain ideas by saturating multiple venues with biased opinions and information. Soon society is fervently repeating the bias without questioning the possible motives or stepping back to see the larger picture.
Those who question the powers that be are eventually so outnumbered by the masses’ blind patriotism to the bias they’ve been fed, that they fear speaking up due to the growing retribution for doing so. Soon just voicing an opinion against the media (governmental) bias can bring about punishment and even legal retribution. Eventually the masses have willingly given up their own freedom by giving up control to a government that has become corrupt and dominated by a leader who has been plotting against Western ideals and democracy all along. Those in opposition have been long since silenced through societal oppression, and individual freedom has been undone and replaced with governmental domination.
Scary.

garden0fsecrets:

St Mary’s Graveyard (by Andrew Gustar)

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