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May 2009 
Open Your Eyes: Righteous Indignation
Posted on Jan 4th, 2009
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Nece
Nece
I took my best friend to the Emergency Room last night. And because she's currently unemployed, she does not have insurance. As a result, one tiny little visit, in which they simply dope her up with antibiotics and painkillers is going to cost her approximately $1,500. And the doctors and nurses however kind they are, merely told her what we already knew, and that is that she has a severe urinary tract infections, and she also has "other adominal problems" which they can't and won't treat at this moment. Thanks a lot of nothing. And I guess this blog is mostly about righteous indignation for her, for she's had one trial after another. From being divorce, to losing her half-siblings to their idiot biological mother and her alcoholic abusive father, to being unemployed, to her mother being dignoised with cancer without insurance,constantly counting every dollar and still finding themselves in mountains of debts and haunted by creditors, and now she herself has her own health failing.
And that got me thinking, not that I'm a socialists and demanding free healthcare for everyone, but it's simply UNFAIR. And it isn't merely this incident, but many other incidents throughout the years that I've been on my own and growing up, that my eyes have truly been open to the many injustices of the world. The many injustices that some we've learn to turn our back or a blind eye to or some that we've simply learn to acclimate and accustom ourselves to other's unjustified sufferings.
And I know I can't blame God, and I recognize why He allows bad people to do bad things. All of it is base on CHOICE. And on the earth, we have the free agency to choose whatsoever we desires, though we may not always have a choice in our consequences. And I recognize that God can't simply filter and allow some people to make certain choices while prohibiting others to make their choices. But sometimes, I wonder what the kids in third world countries did to deserve their war-torn and shabby lifestyles. And what did the kids in suburbia with their white picket fences and new cars and branded clothes did to deserve their luxury. And don't anyone dare tell me, that they were righteous so they deserve some sort of more privileged lifestyle, while the others were simply evil. What a load of BS. And it's not just those extremes, but even without our own nation, there's an ever widening gap between the rich and the poor. There are some people that live in Happy Valley and their trials are seemingly easy to bear while there are others that I know personally and have experienced first hand whom are constantly bombarded with one problem after another. I have a rather different perspective on things, perhaps its when we are doing what's right, when we're on our path towards fulfill our own divine destinies that the adversity pushes and pull at our heartstrings the most by showering us with obstacles one after the other, sometimes overlapping. And I know that God only gives us what we can handle, so perhaps those of us that suffer "more," is only suffering to the same degree that the girl in Happy Valley is when her only complain is that her thighs are too fat.
I guess the way I see it, in the ideal society, those that are prvilleged and blessed with more in this life should not simply harbor and hoard their abudance to themselves, but to share it with those that are struggling to meet end's meet. And to the young American youth: OPEN YOUR EYES. Stop listening and watching those stupid frivolous youtube clips and instead watch the news. Stop obessing over celebrities and what's the newest trend or thing in fashion or technology, instead be compassion and start caring about one another. See how the world is struggling for balance and peace, see how the nations are struggling to feed their people and generate jobs, see how familites across the globe are struggling to keep together and raise the next generation. Stop living in a media daze and illusion that what's happening out there won't affect you, cause it does and it will. Stop thinking that the world revolve around you and start noticing and helping others, even if it's just one person your entire lifetime, or making a stand for something that you're passionate about.
And that got me thinking, not that I'm a socialists and demanding free healthcare for everyone, but it's simply UNFAIR. And it isn't merely this incident, but many other incidents throughout the years that I've been on my own and growing up, that my eyes have truly been open to the many injustices of the world. The many injustices that some we've learn to turn our back or a blind eye to or some that we've simply learn to acclimate and accustom ourselves to other's unjustified sufferings.
And I know I can't blame God, and I recognize why He allows bad people to do bad things. All of it is base on CHOICE. And on the earth, we have the free agency to choose whatsoever we desires, though we may not always have a choice in our consequences. And I recognize that God can't simply filter and allow some people to make certain choices while prohibiting others to make their choices. But sometimes, I wonder what the kids in third world countries did to deserve their war-torn and shabby lifestyles. And what did the kids in suburbia with their white picket fences and new cars and branded clothes did to deserve their luxury. And don't anyone dare tell me, that they were righteous so they deserve some sort of more privileged lifestyle, while the others were simply evil. What a load of BS. And it's not just those extremes, but even without our own nation, there's an ever widening gap between the rich and the poor. There are some people that live in Happy Valley and their trials are seemingly easy to bear while there are others that I know personally and have experienced first hand whom are constantly bombarded with one problem after another. I have a rather different perspective on things, perhaps its when we are doing what's right, when we're on our path towards fulfill our own divine destinies that the adversity pushes and pull at our heartstrings the most by showering us with obstacles one after the other, sometimes overlapping. And I know that God only gives us what we can handle, so perhaps those of us that suffer "more," is only suffering to the same degree that the girl in Happy Valley is when her only complain is that her thighs are too fat.
I guess the way I see it, in the ideal society, those that are prvilleged and blessed with more in this life should not simply harbor and hoard their abudance to themselves, but to share it with those that are struggling to meet end's meet. And to the young American youth: OPEN YOUR EYES. Stop listening and watching those stupid frivolous youtube clips and instead watch the news. Stop obessing over celebrities and what's the newest trend or thing in fashion or technology, instead be compassion and start caring about one another. See how the world is struggling for balance and peace, see how the nations are struggling to feed their people and generate jobs, see how familites across the globe are struggling to keep together and raise the next generation. Stop living in a media daze and illusion that what's happening out there won't affect you, cause it does and it will. Stop thinking that the world revolve around you and start noticing and helping others, even if it's just one person your entire lifetime, or making a stand for something that you're passionate about.
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You are justified in your passionate and righteous indignation. We do live in a state of hypnosis in this country, in particular, and the media does little but extend a cult of celebrity way of thinking…as though our lives would be perfect, perhaps invincible, if only we had great wealth, photo-shopped bodies and faces and social status.
The cost of medical/dental service in this country is prohibitive and it is insane, culturally and ethically, not to provide universal health care to the citizenry and employment right now is no guarantee of health care provision…ie: service positions do not usually offer health insurance. And the arguments against a universal health care seem to be based more on keeping a caste v. elite structure in this country than the right of its citizenry to have access to basic health care. The pundits and their minion decry that such a universal provision would be little more than socialism, as though socialism, in itself, might make us equal to what we fear…poverty, defenselessness, oppression.
I used to wonder why G-d allowed these injustices to occur over and over and repeatedly and repeatedly throughout the epochs, and then I came to realize that it is not personal. Humanity has choice. We can climb the painful ladder to a higher spiritual plane, or we can keep pretending that what affects one does not affect us all.
I feel badly for what is happening to your friend. I share with you, even as a stranger visiting you now, the intensity of your justified indignation. I work two jobs, neither of which offer health provision and it is a rather helpless feeling…being at the mercy only of hoping that illness or mishap does not occur. The one thing we can do is write letters and send them through the post to State and Federal representatives and insist on their attention to this most crucial matter.
Peace~