My take on lifestyle, people, health, and politics…
I have to ask a few questions (which I’ve already formed opinions on)…
If vaccines were so effective, and SO good for us… why do they get marketed via fear based tactics? Why don’t the vaccine manufacturers have the balls to put them on the open market, and accept ALL liability for their results (good or bad)?
Why on earth is Monsanto allowed to conduct business? If their product is SOOOO good for us to consume, why can’t we put the GMO label on it? Why are they lobbying so hard to avoid putting that label on their product? If it was so good, it could be a useful marketing device instead.
When on earth does the economy quit being the excuse for failure? What if financial companies and the news media are spinning and hyping it to create some sort of change? Why do we even listen to the news anymore? Do we really need more negative bullshit swimming in our heads to talk about?
Seems like a bunch of snake oil to me.
I wanna rock.
No seriously, I wanna rock my life in 2012.
Serious changes and action are going to take place.
What about you?
Reprinted with permission from mnmlist.com:
What does it mean to focus on living? It’s a shift from caring about possessions and status and goals and beautiful things … to caring about actual life. Life includes: taking long walks, creating things, having conversations with friends, snuggling with my wife, playing with my kids, eating simple food, going outside and getting active.
That’s living. Not shopping, or watching TV, or eating loads of greasy and sweet food not for sustenance but pleasure, or being on the Internet, or ordering things online, or trying to get popular. Those things aren’t living – they’re consumerist pastimes that tend to get us caught up in overconsumption and mindlessness.
When I focus on living, all those other fake needs become less important. Why do I need television when I can go outside and explore, or get active, or take a walk with a friend? Why do I need to shop when I already have everything I need – I can spend time with someone or create, and I need very little to do that.
These things I do now — they require almost nothing. I can live, and need little.
And needing little but getting lots of satisfaction … that’s immensely rewarding. It’s an economy of resources that I’ve never experienced before.
These days, I need nothing but my loved ones, a text editor, a way to post what I create, a good book, simple plant-based food, a few clothes for warmth, and the outdoors.
Life is too short to let other people run it for you.
Create your own life now, whatever it takes.
I might just be switching my personal notes, blogs, opinions and such over to Tumblr… where I write and share whatever the hell I want.
I like the platform over there.
Still thinking about it.
Joseph Ratliff works from home as a freelance commercial writer, consultant, and author of The Ratliff Report™. He has a wife and two teenage boys that are the pride and joy of his life. You can contact Joseph by sending an email to joe@josephratliff.com
