"It is always better to light a candle than curse the darkness." This is said to be an ancient Chinese proverb...and it very well may be! No matter where it came from, I thought about it today, while reading through my Facebook page. I don't know about you, but there are five types of posts on my Facebook page. Three of the types I like. These are: The ones that are trying to be funny...the ones that are trying to convey information and the ones that are showing off pretty girls or trucks or antiques etc. The ones I don't like are the ones that get overly political or the ones from the whiners and complainers.
It's the whiners and complainers that bother me the most, although the political posts are annoying too. Here is a good example. On Facebook today someone put up a picture that said..."Oh God, why don't you send us a person to cure aids, cancer, etc. etc." God replied, "I did, but you aborted him." As if this wasn't bad enough, then someone else added to it. Again the question was asked about sending someone. This time the person had God answer: "I did but you gave them a substandard education because they lived in an area with low property taxes. AND I did but they died because they couldn't afford health care. AND I did but due to racism... and on and on and finally, I did, but you made her carry an unwanted pregnancy to term. So how does all of this lead back to the quote at the top of the page? Easy. Light a candle. None of the above things is real. It is just complaining. People who don't think, or who like to complain grab a hold of it though, and use it as their excuse. I could have done this...but my education held me back. Well, when did YOUR education ever become anyone else's responsibility other than your own or your parent's? If you don't want to have a child, then use protection...or even better, keep your legs closed. Can't afford health care? then eat better, exercise and do everything you can to stay healthy. In fact, many of these things tie together. If you can't afford good healthcare, then it is likely that you failed to get a good education...or maybe your parents failed to get a good education, and you or they work a job that doesn't give good healthcare as a benefit. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have news for you. No one is responsible for you or your children but you. Not your neighbor, not the state, not the federal government. Just you. Do you want a cure for cancer? Okay, what have you done to help the cause? Do you work in the health care fields? No, well do you donate money to charities that are set up to research a cure? No, then don't complain. No one gives a shit about your stupid meme! Did you have an unwanted pregnancy? Then don't have sex. It is really that simple. The media treats sex as if none of us can live without it. We can. While sex is enjoyable, we don't need it. And if you are not in a position to take responsibility for a child, then you shouldn't be having it. Now, if you do feel that the education of someone else's child Is your responsibility, then you can donate money to your local school. In fact, I believe there should be no public education at all. I think that everyone should have to be responsible for either teaching their own children or for paying for that child's education out of their own pocket. If others want to "donate" towards that cause, that should be up to them. If you don't like the darkness, light a candle people! Don't waste everyone's time by complaining. Do something. Just make sure, whatever you do, that what you do is something that doesn't involve infringing on someone else's rights and tries to force them to do something that they don't want to do. Whining that you want a better education for your child and that others should pay for it is just plain wrong. If you want a better education for your child, then work with them daily. Even if it is after work. They are your children. Or pay to send them to a private school if you are not happy with the public education in your town. If you don't like the darkness around you folks, then light a candle. One candle can light many others, Sometimes, people need to be shown what to do. Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Show a man how to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime. And, if after you show that man how to fish, if he decides not to, then that's his problem. It doesn't mean catch two fish so that he can always have one. Sometimes it's okay to let someone live by their own poor decisions. Light the candle on whatever motivates you... and see if your one candle can't light up the world!
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