{"id":20155,"date":"2015-03-07T09:41:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T17:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=20155"},"modified":"2015-03-07T09:41:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T17:41:39","slug":"smiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/07\/smiling\/","title":{"rendered":"Smiling"},"content":{"rendered":"

MamaLiberty answers today’s earlier post by asking, “Do you smile every day?”<\/a><\/p>\n

Everyone knows there is plenty in this world to worry about. Even those who avoid the world and national \u201cnews\u201d as much as possible can\u2019t help but note the downward spiral in their own financial situation, especially if they or those they love are unemployed. There is the constant push to destroy God given rights to life and liberty, and increasing efforts to criminalize and control everything. Then there is the cost of everyday necessities, increasing due to the sinking national economy and shrinking dollar. A great many people are seriously worried about their health, and the increasing Obummercare insanity replacing free market medicine and insurance. And so much more. Did you know that stress, worry and fear, are far more detrimental to good health than you might think?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s almost impossible to know the truth about the \u201cnews\u201d or, often, even what\u2019s really happening in our own area. Even people who are present during disturbances and crises seldom have a grasp on the whole problem, much less the whole solution. And, unfortunately, this creates a sort of vacuum that we too often fill with our imagination, our prejudices and the ghosts of our past. All of which can and will be used by the unscrupulous to direct, or even precipitate the next crisis. Trust, but verify. Don\u2019t expect to know or understand everything. Do you need to know? What could you do about it if you did? Good questions to ask yourself, I think.<\/p>\n

No hero on a white horse is going to come along and save the day. Not this election, or any other. And expecting the politicians to limit their evil and restore our \u201crights\u201d is as empty of promise as intergalactic space. Maybe more so. And hoping to do that by threatening not to re-elect them would be a hysterical joke if it wasn\u2019t so painful to watch good people continue to believe in that insanity after all these years, after watching endless rubber room elections.<\/p>\n

What can you do? You may not agree at first, but I think there is something we can do, and it has to start with each of us as individuals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Familiar territory to us hereabouts, but always a good reminder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MamaLiberty answers today’s earlier post by asking, “Do you smile every day?” Everyone knows there is plenty in this world to worry about. Even those who avoid the world and national \u201cnews\u201d as much as possible can\u2019t help but note the downward spiral in their own financial situation, especially if they or those they love are unemployed. There is the constant push to destroy God given rights to life and liberty, and increasing efforts to criminalize and control everything. Then there is the cost of everyday necessities, increasing due to the sinking national economy and shrinking dollar. A great many…<\/p>\n

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