protest

AverageJoe, who is big on weekends, says—I protest how my life is going!  A friend of mine who is probably about 45 now who when she was a little girl would stomp her feet and pout and get mad and put on a huge massive temper tantrum in protest cause she wasn’t getting her way. She wanted her way! I don’t think her temper tantrums every helped very much! But it seemed to make her feel better!

When I look at the newspaper there are folks protesting all over the world about anything and everything. There sure seems to be a lot of protesting. Soooo there are some folks who are unhappy about something it seems everywhere.

There was a protest in Yakima where people marched and made a lot of noise. I had no idea what they were protesting. I read in the local paper that the reporter asked some of the protesters what they were protesting about, and they all had a different thing they were protesting about. They were just mad how their life was going maybe. But not all protesters; a friend told me he asked a protester in London while on vacation what he was protesting and they said—I have no idea, I just like to protest; it’s fun. BUT there was another article in the Yakima paper about the apple growers’ association who are not happy how the situation is for the folks who pick their apples and are aware that they will need to be part of the solution in solving it. They just aren’t making a lot of noise but are being proactive with a solution.  They know they need them to make money. It’s all about the money!

Of course there are folks that just don't care. I have friends that don't pay any attention to the news. They tell me they just don't care; I can't do anything about it anyway, It's less depressing and doesn't confuse my mind. When I was in IA recently I went back to Aplington to wrap up some business and ran into this guy/long time friend at the bank who played basketball on the high school team that I coached about 55 years ago. His tee shirt says it all.

Ok, I have internal conflicts in my mind that I struggle with; we all do without exception. Some folks’ struggles are more severe than others and some folks’ minds are wired differently it appears (i.e. from genetics, past environment or current environment). I have had one person sincerely tell me that we don’t think alike. I agree with that person. We live in America and we have that privilege. I can pretty much accept other people but might not agree with them. Some folks protest when others don’t agree with their thinking cause they think they are right and everyone should be like them.

It's like I have a black dog and a white dog in my mind. One is for good and one is for bad. They are constantly fighting. The fight goes on. And which one is winning? Answer is easy, the one I feed the most. No question. And where does that dog food come from? There is a lot of dog food out there to choose from alright.

History shows that there has always been and probably always will be differences of opinions. And it appears that most have been settled with wars. Wars were during early history and have continued in many forms. Usually, the side that wins is the one that has the most power and might. The loser usually has to surrender and be taken over by the winner. Casualties are usually huge massive on both sides. MissPerfect says--Wars are of many varieties from in our own mind to world wars. Such is life.

A friend gave me this advice—"erv, your grown children are not going to ask you for your advice as they already know what you are going to say!  They don’t want to hear it again. If they didn’t agree with you before they aren’t going to now! You might just as well not talk about it and save your relationship.” Parents can protest all they want but I doubt if it will make much difference. Off course maybe the children are right, and the parents are wrong. Could be! I was told that the demographics of our U.S. population is going to really change in age and other aspects. Now that will change the market! Now that will be interesting. ItchieBitchie says--It’s really hard to protest ageing; I guess we can protest, but it doesn’t do any good!

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

erv

MyDeceasedFriendJean said--A critic is the person who knows the route but can't drive the car.