#AmericanIgnorance

American Ignorance to me is the continual ability of certain citizens of America taking a situation and twisting its circumstances to meet their agendas.  This ignorance is not particular to any race, religion, nationality,creed, nor sexual preference.....anyone is susceptible to jumping onto the bandwagon, for lack of a better way of putting it.  One of the many unfortunate things about this American ignorance is that with social media and electronic media being as powerful and "AT HAND"  as it is, way too many people are sucked in too quickly and rage along with carelessness are fueled and people start getting hurt, both physically and emotionally, minds get set without proper evidence of proof, character assassinations begin blindly, and "OUR" justice system from the Constitution of these United States is automatically blemished for "ALL PARTIES INVOLVED"

Lets break this down a little bit.  Officer gets a call about a crime being committed, arrives and see man running from address given on radio fitting description of suspect.  Officer gets out of car and runs behind suspect and yells "Stop, Police"!  Jumps on suspect and suspect fights back resisting, but, officer pins suspect face down and hands bend him cuffing him.  While cuffing him the suspect is resisting and struggles which causes officer to break suspects arm.  While cuffed, officer reaches down and grabs suspect by the broken arm and lifts him up breaking it further.  Suspect has not said anything other than "Hey pig, that's hurting my arm asshole"! Now this is a simpler case but is the officer wrong? Did he do anything he should not have, or that was not necessary to prevent a thief from harming an innocent bystander?   In this case it could be misconstrued and blown way out of proportion or as the case was proven by camera, left as a good arrest.  Point being, If American Ignorance had taken place here and no witness or camera available, the wrong person could have started a situation equivalent to Baltimore. All they had to do was accuse the cop of brutality, and say that he was in a bad mood when he came to work that day....."THE HEADLINES BEGIN AND TWITTER FEEDS ARE TRENDING WITH #ALLLIVESMATTER"

Please feel free to comment and I am asking everyone to pass this along to all your friends so they can assist us in ending #AMERICANIGNORANCE

Dealing With Your Past?

First let me say, “I am not a therapist”! This is just something that helps me and I hope it may help you or someone you know cope with whatever situation you may be having trouble getting through. I will keep this short and to the point. I know I have struggled with conventional methods due to my hard headed independence and have searched within myself for relief from inner struggles and so called “Demons”. Hopefully this will help!

What would you say? Pick a moment in time you are having trouble with and usually there is another associated with that time or moment. As they say, “Misery loves company”. It is true and memories control our lives more than we would like to admit (it doesn't take a shrink to tell us this). I know that as I think back, every thing that is significant to me more often than not involves another person, whether it's a loved one, friend, co-worker, etc.. What would you say to them if you could go back and change that moment? Would you say anything? Would it make a difference if you did? Why didn't you say what you would like to say now? Reflecting on a moment can never change the outcome, and can never right a wrong, or bring back what may have been lost, but, by asking yourself the question and exploring the options, you may just see that the results would have been the same. They may have been even worse after closer scrutiny. Point is, revisiting the moment and facing the situation with an inquiring mind and letting your mind explore it rather than just pondering over it is healthy. It keeps your mind from getting depressed, at least it does mine, and allows it to react analytically  instead. For me, this allows me to get through thinking about it and getting past it. For instance, I think about about a buddy getting shot beside of me. What I would have said to him is that “I am so sorry that it happened, and I would have taken his place if I could”! We were long time friends and had I not persisted that we switch sides, he may not have gotten shot. After going over the trajectory and other data, as well as running through our own conversation a thousand times in my mind, I came to the conclusions that no matter which side we were on, he would have been fatally shot, the only difference would have been that the other position would have put me in the line of a fatal shot also. That does cause another issue for me to deal with, but I am doing just that. It took a lot of hours talking this trough with myself, writing it down and answering my own questions, but in the end, it was all worth it and I worked through it!

This may or may not help. But please try it. Just ask yourself “What would you say”? Then sit down with a pen and paper and answer it with as many answers as you can come up with. Work it through till you can think about it without it being a problem to you. Let it just be a memory! There is nothing wrong with memories, that's what your life is made of, the good and bad. Just do not let the bad erase the good, and may the good fill your dreams!

Please, If you have questions or comments, I welcome and appreciate any/all! Thank you and please pass this on to others!