Why I Am A Hypocrite

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

During much of this time Vietnam vets were trying to get medical benefits from Agent Orange exposure (naw man you can drink that stuff it will not hurt a human !).

A friend of mine Bickel had his nails and toe nails turn to mush and of course his kidney's and liver stopped functioning... It was not a nice and pain free death ... I think he was 42 when he finally died back in the 80s...

They did everything they could to delay any kind of indication Dioxin and agent orange was the culprit for all the vets dying from exposure..

 One more reason why I do not understand why anyone thinks that the government is going to save them. 

If voting was the solution how the help did we get here in the first place?

The last president we had that gave a damn about the American people ended his time in office in a coffin. That one move made sure everyone that followed toed the line.

I know I am locked in. I know there is not much I can do, and what little I do will only affect me. I may only be able to throw back one starfish, but maybe throwing it back in the water would do it more harm than good.

I can try. I won’t give up.

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Thanks!

Lots to read. Lots to think about.

I know that I am limited in what I can do, and that it will only impact me, but I believe in personal responsibility, and that starts with recognizing the wrongs that I am doing. 

I try to get that damn log out of my own eye, before complaining about the speck in someone else’s.

I will admit that I often make the mistake of thinking that if I can do something everyone else can do it. Not out of ego, but because I think if frail old me can do it, it must be a piece of cake. 

I have to remind myself of how blessed I really am. I still have a bit of my vision. I still have two legs and can still get out of bed and wash myself. I still have enough brain cells to be able to read and make sense of it. All the little things that I often take for granted are true blessings.

I try to reduce my footprint on our amazing little planet, and where I cannot avoid leaving a scar, I try to give something back.

We have been lousy stewards. We can do better. Much better.