Time Has Come Today

This morning, due to my my Washington State driver's license having expired some years ago, attempted & failed the driving test for my Nevada license (who knew that good parallel parking was indication of one's ability to send a massive pieces of metal & plastic careening down a path & stopping it without hitting anything?), I came home with cousin Cassandra in tow (it's her car, after all).

We had begun discussing the main subject of my recent Had They Only Consulted With Me First blahg entry entitled Time. In the midst of explaining what I had attempted to impart in that entry, it dawned on me that I have been horribly negligent -- even wasteful -- of what talent I may possess.

There I was, stopping in mid-sentence, realizing where I've gone wrong all this time. Sometimes what I write is entertaining, occasionally educational, but mostly, only of interest to myself. My writing is scattered, my points concerning the corruption of politicians, the greed of corporations, the stupidity of entirely too many petty tyrants, is nothing more than frustration being vented for all to see.

What I should be concentrating on is what's needed most, what too many overlook. It all comes down to one paragraph in the Time post. The first line is:

Is it not time we stop thinking about what others have, or have done?

We're all -- particularly now at war -- concerned with what has been done to us. Can't we just let go of the violation against us? Can we not, in the time we may have left, make a shift -- a leap -- into a new way of thinking? Can we not become a greater example than that of the power hungry America by dropping all pretenses, breaking free of the taking from others & claiming innocence when retaliated against?

I'm no historian or genius, but has history taught us nothing? Do we, as a people, really want to perpetuate the mistakes of people & cultures of the past? I believe that we -- that's all of us occupying this planet -- really are capable of taking the next step, to evolve beyond our current state. But we must let go the resentment, the fear, the desire to take advantage of others.

Additionally, the previous line in Time:

Is it not time we all start living with our planet -- the very thing which sustains us?

Who among us doesn't get it? Who cannot admit that chemicals, pollution & disregard are not just making us uncomfortable, but are killing the planet on which we live? We, in turn, are only killing ourselves.

The realization I mention above consists of this. I think there are only one thing left worth fighting for, & they can both be expressed in two words: Our future. If we continue as we always have, there will be no future for any of us.

We must now -- not tomorrow or next week -- now, we must all begin respecting each other as well as our planet.