I'll walk the plank too.

It does seem like sometimes everything we do is pre-determined for us. It also seems like our whole lives we are told to basically play by the rules and if we do everything will be ok.

Do not believe it. Its all bullshit.

Go ahead and achieve the American dream. The job, the spouse, the 2.5 kids, the house with the white picket fence. How long do you think you'll feel satisfied? How long until the boredom sets in? We work and plan on out our futures so much that the present passes us by. We worry about what we have, who has more, who has less that we completely lose sight of the fact that we are just cogs on the wheel. We self medicate our self imposed misery and console ourselves with our false pride. We think that as long as we are *better* than the next guy, we must be ok. Its all bullshit.

The only way to feel true happiness is to look beyond ourselves. Our true test isn't how prestigious our jobs are or how large our 401k is. It isn't that we refused to call in sick from work to play hooky with our spouse and spend the day in bed just so we can have our co-workers say " that guy hasn't missed a day of work in 20 years". Who gives a shit?
We put our kids in a million activities so we can brag about what a great football player/ballerina/ pianist/boy scout/honor student they are and completely forget to actually spend time with them. But it sure feels good to brag, doesn't it? Meanwhile you don't have a clue what their favorite color is.

We use our religion (yes I went there LB) to set ourselves apart from everyone else. We act like if we are more "moral" than someone else , thats all that counts. Then we justify our own moral shortcomings while never giving anyone else the benefit of the doubt.And we do it all to feel better about the fact that no matter what, if we aren't helping to improve our world...our life is a complete waste. If we don't help the hungry, say a kind word to someone who is hurting,reach out to someone who is lonely ,fight injustice, and just recognize that we are all in this together we are wasting the one and only life we've been given.

The point isn't to be comfortable, if you are comfortable you aren't motivated

A little revolution never hurt anybody.


Yes, there is the good ole boys club. Yes, they want to keep their power. That doesn't mean we can't take it anyway. Yes, we struggle....but most of our struggle is self imposed. We can refuse to play the game. We can call people out on their racism, sexism, homophobia and elitism. We can tell them to go to hell. We can think for ourselves and make our own reality. We accept things the way we are told they are, we act the way we are told to act. The game will only stop when we stop playing.


If we just say "we can't change anything" then nothing will change. Thats how they win, they convince us that this is as good as its going to get.

Don't believe that.