Answering the questions we face as a society starts with each of us as individuals doing some reorganization. If you don’t know who you are as an individual and are confused about what to believe, how can you possibly know what the right thing to do is for your family? How can you see where you fit in your community or what your personal responsibilities are to society? If you can’t clearly define yourself as an individual, then it’s just logical you can’t live out the values you say are true in your life. There is a strong possibility that your personal beliefs are underdeveloped, and they will not withstand the pressures of real life.
The point I’m trying to make isn’t arguable now; look around, the proof is all around us. If you are living your life because of emotion and caught in the flow of momentum, the adversity you face is choking you, and you’re not sure what to believe. The good news is it’s not too late to fix that. Live life with emotion not because of it; learn to use momentum. What I’m suggesting isn’t easy, but of course, nothing purposeful is. The only alternative is to medicate, plug into the metaverse, give your freedom away for supposed safety, and drift quietly into the medicated malaise that will eventually kill you mentally, spiritually, and maybe physically. You will find yourself in a place where you don’t know what is right or wrong, who to trust or who to believe, and the result will be more frustration, worry, and fear. All of us will continue to be divided because foundationally our freedom has become the enemy, we forgot our responsibilities as individuals, we forgot that values were intended to be the guard rails to protect us.
Don’t give any more of your power and freedom away. You can control your emotions and be in control of your thought process. The answers you’re looking for start by being a better person. We must remember that character counts. We must hold ourselves accountable as individuals first. Do that work first, and then we can move out and stand in the gap for our families, for our town, for our state, and our country.
This process starts by defining yourself as an individual; before deciding what to do next, STOP and do the work to clearly establish your personal identity. Get your values organized and written down in language. If you cannot clearly speak and write about your values then you cannot live them and they will not stand the pressure test of the adversity or opportunity we all face in 2022. S&H
Keep Coming Forward
Jim Hensel
