the state of the union

(omg! november was the last time i blogged?! it has really been that long. . . ? !)

I just need to rant before i explode.... because ever since all the election and economic drama began in the world i have been sitting on this one:

I feel bad, or maybe weird is a better word to describe it, that the down-turn of the times has not gotten to me yet.... don't get me wrong, it has definitely affected me, my family, my financial situation, my lifestyle, etc. But all this talk and fear...hopelessness...urgency... seriousness (and I cant forget to mention ridiculousness) seems misplaced to me....

I am taking a more happy stance against all of the bad things going on in the world right now.... i could go through them by item.... like price drops, layoffs, racial politics, controversy with religions and sexual orientations.... etc.... etc.... but i started doing that and realized that it would take forever.

Here is my best attempt at a summary:

Its about time the **it hit the fan... excuse my lack of a better analogy..... im glad beliefs, values, and morals are being tested. im glad people are being made uncomfortable in their lifestyles.... losing jobs, or fear losing a job, losing money, losing any kind of possession (seen and unseen, tangible and conceptual) im glad that everything is in question.... should we be in iraq.... is global warming really happening.... should our president associate with this person or that person.... should speed cameras be banned... should we be spending more to make more... is the country becoming socialist.... should health care be universal.... should my gay friends be able to get married.... should the state cut education funding.... should i support companies that outsource.... should athletes be prosecuted for drug use.... should i stop buying hondas....... etc.
There is tragedy of course, people going hungry, people becoming homeless, even people dying, etc etc . . . but im glad for all of this, as harsh as the reality of what im saying is . . .

Its about time people learned that money and possessions do not make us who we are.... neither does our job .... none of that is everlasting. its about time they realize that everything they have and that they are can be taken away in the blink of an eye.... and what do they have left?? and was it worth it?

The current state of the union is proof that they way we have been choosing to live and operate as a society is NOT WORKING.... and im not talking... democracy... capitalism.... kind of living.....
im talking about what people put their hearts and souls into.... that kind of living.... what they put their trust in... what they bet their life on.... like do unto others as you would have them do unto you kind of living

In a little less than 10 weeks, my life is going to change drastically.... along with all the economic hardship.... and lets not forget emotional hardship, that I have faced in the past couple of years... I am ready for the change! While most today would say that this is no time to start a family.... I am welcoming it with open arms!

Call me crazy..... but the current state of the union makes me happy.... it gives me confidence.... and i hope i am not alone in this, because all of this just proves that i know what is everlasting, and i know who i am and that i have set my heart and soul in something that can't be ruined by politics or economics.

ok... end of rant!