If you are worried and confused, you can fix that! Living in real life outside of the algorithms is challenging, for sure. I believe, as a human being, you were created with emotions that give your life deep meaning. I think you were created with the capacity to reason and think. You were designed to make your choices based on your strongest beliefs. It's also true that you were created with the desire to live free.
What are you doing to strengthen and grow your ability to control your emotions? What are you doing to continue to develop your ability to be a critical thinker? Assuming you believe freedom is a gift from the Creator, then what are you doing to cultivate and protect your freedom? So many Americans are giving their freedom away because they are afraid, seeking safety, or care more about comfort. Even worse, many American don’t even know it’s happening they are not steering or influencing their own life, some algorithm is.
Answering the questions we face as a society starts with each of us as individuals doing some reorganization. If you don't know who you are as an individual and are confused about what to believe, how can you possibly know what the right thing to do is for your family? How can you see where you fit in your community or what your personal responsibilities are to society? If you can't clearly define yourself as an individual, then it's just logical you can't live out the values you say are true in your life. There is a strong possibility that your personal beliefs are underdeveloped, and they will not withstand the pressures of today’s society.
The point I'm trying to make isn't arguable now; look around, the proof is all around us. If you are living your life because of emotion, caught in the flow of momentum, the adversity you face is choking you, and you're not sure what to believe. The good news is it's not too late to fix that. Live life with emotion, not because of it; learn to use momentum. What I'm suggesting isn't easy, but of course, nothing purposeful is. The only alternative is to medicate, plug into the metaverse, give your freedom away for supposed safety, and drift quietly into the medicated malaise that will eventually kill you mentally, spiritually, and maybe physically. You will find yourself in a place where you don't know what is right or wrong, who to trust, who to believe. The result will be more frustration, worry, and fear. All of us will continue to be divided because, fundamentally, our freedom has become the enemy. We forgot our responsibilities as individuals, we forgot that values were intended to be the guardrails to protect us.
Don't give any more of your power and freedom away. You can control your emotions and be in control of your thought process. The answers you're looking for start by being a better person. We must remember that character counts. We must hold ourselves accountable as individuals first. Do that work first, and then we can move out and stand in the gap for our families, for our town, for our state, and our country.
This process starts by defining yourself as an individual. Before deciding what to do next, STOP and do the work to clearly establish your personal identity. Get your values organized and written down in language. If you cannot clearly speak and write about your values, then you cannot live them, and they will not withstand the pressure test of the adversity or opportunity we all face in 2023. S&H
Keep Coming Forward,
Jim Hensel
