Random Thoughts from early December

When I awoke this morn I was greeted with the profundity needed to try to understand this present “state of affairs’ within Our Nation. When I allowed the Dream to filter thru my mind extracting bits and pieces of the “Whole” “IT” came to me. The Visions I experienced during sleep are the “reflections” of my “Changing World”. I can see clearly now the reasons for my angst. I can understand too, “what is thought to be is no longer.” This World I have lived in for so many years...is gone. It is Changing and will continue to do so. Gone are the days of “Parades, Slogans, Banners and Pomp & Circumstance.” Gone...are those memories of “my World”. Our present “course” dictates a “new agenda”, a “New World”, so to speak. In the broad scope of things the World as I knew it, “slipped” by me. My eyes were closed! Closed to the true realities unfolding before me and I, in my lack, or desire of, ignored it. My World is not what it is... not what it appears to be. It is not the United States of America I grew up with. Gone are the days of heralding what “I, We thought was the “Order of Things”. Gone are the days of “Pride” in a Nation of prideful people. It’s been washed from our minds. It’s been ridiculed, left to decay in the “minds of those” we call “Baby Boomers”. Our Country, once a Destination is now a “Crossroads”. We are, today, “One with the rest of the World”. Some of us might say, “Well, it’s about time.” Others might say, “That’s just bullshit!” And then some of us will say, “It’s sad.” And that is where I am...sad. Do not judge me for it! Do not lambast me and say, “You cannot stop progress! You cannot live in the past!” Yes, “I can.” Tis my decision. Nothing wrong with it. My World holds no prejudice, avarice and does not throw stones! My World has pride! Pride in accomplishment. Pride in Individualism. Pride in the fact that what One man, or woman do...someone will try to do better. It’s called Ambition. I see clearly now that this Country as a “Crossroads” MUST change! It’s irrational to hold “old mores, values, beliefs and customs.” We are what I remember it’s name as, “The Melting Pot”. We have opened our doors to the ‘rest of the World” and in doing so caused a chain of events that threatens what was once held as an “Ideology” for ALL coming here! Today we are a nation of multiple religions, races, values and customs. Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist...the list grows! And you know what that makes Us today?...the “Crossroads”. We can yell at our Politicians, Corporations, etc., for “sending work abroad”, but IT isn’t the problem! The problem lies within the present American mindset. We are becoming a Global Nation. We are melting into the “Mix” that exists! Has Existed! So, with this newfound idea of “America gone Wild”, how can One not accept the facts of logic and therefore say, “Everything We once knew and believed must now be updated”?? And where do the Celebrations go? Where do MY ideals go? Think of the “Whole” when I ask this, because I’m searching for answers to mine own existence in this “New World”. Pledge of Allegiance? Fourth of July? Christmas? Thanksgiving?! Where will they be in this new world order? I daresay...they’re being slowly eradicated, beginning with the Children. So, I ask, is this what must be done in order to move forward? Is this the “evolution” of our Nation, Our Planet, Humanity? Or, am I just another “outdated, needs to be updated” Citizen, whose thoughts are...”poppycock”? I might be vague, but I’m searching for answers, reasons. I am open to ideas from all. And really, for the most part...I am Who I am... Human.