I look around and see young men marching int he streets. Some carry torches, all with rage. The systematic stripping of Human rights is discussed and done while the masses are distracted easily with flashy displays and rhetoric.
The usual minorities LGBT, Jews, Blacks, immigrants, and whoever else does not fit a racial view are harassed, tortured, and murdered. Fear & helplessness affect many, Some with no way to fight back.
Some religious leaders follow in rank and file along with men of business. The old guard views it as us vs. them. Then comes their time and their names are tarnished with the abuse of others so no one who is left helps them.
What a horrible picture it must have been living in Germany in the 1930's as the Nazi regime came to power. What a horrible picture to see it beginning in your own country more than 70 years later. What would the men and women who fought and died so long ago think upon seeing it now.
My observations are not lies, false, or inaccurate. Watch the news. Believe for yourself.
Any movement left or right, elitist or 99%, pious or common... must honor the individual. This is how we got here. People think it is alright to dismiss the wills of others to achieve their goals, for "the common good," I say the common good is what matters to us all, the commoners.
I have posted this link before. Maybe we need to view its stark similarities again. Maybe we won't have to relearn all the darkness we drove back into the deep dark night.
https://www.ushmm.org/
Usually I add some words here but I would rather another did that today.
http://remember.org/malka.html
Love is Never Wrong!
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Gender
So I wake up this morning to peruse the usual news sources LGBT and otherwise. I find this.
Trump Plans to Legally Abolish Transgender People, Define Gender by Genitalia at Birth: Memo
Gender based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth. So what do we do with hemorphidite children. What about the fact transgender people tend to have the brain chemistry of the gender they associate with. Its there, its a valid trait. DNA does influence outcome, proto tags influence it. Mothers chemistry and temperature influence it....
The truth is you can attach a label to something but it does not change what it is. If you wish to run and hide from the realities of what life is and what people are then you are the one misdiagnosed.
Gender its self is a label that limits. Be who you are and explore who you are. If you are happy with a very narrow definition then great but not everyone is. It is not a world of just one or a few. It is all of our world.
No one has the right to hurt or shame. No one has the right to force one to be what they are not. This debate has nothing to do with gender. This is everything to do with control. I control me. You control you. You can hurt me, abuse me, confuse me... in the end it is and always has been about me.
I am me. If you can not or will not accept that then you need to leave my world now and forever. If you can not live in harmony with all the wonderful peoples who choose to live here then it is you who are the one who must go.
There has been enough darkness, pain, and bloodshed over these horrible forced limitations. Be free and be you. Love the world and those who seek to enslave it one small step at a time. Shine your light upon their wrongs and defy the pain.
If you loved you would love us all. If you can't love us all then that says something loud and clear.
You are you, whoever you may be. Love that. Love the others who are different. Love that we are all different. What a beautiful palette we all make when love touches the sky. To borrow a line...."Touch the rainbow!"
Love is Never Wrong!
Trump Plans to Legally Abolish Transgender People, Define Gender by Genitalia at Birth: Memo
Gender based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth. So what do we do with hemorphidite children. What about the fact transgender people tend to have the brain chemistry of the gender they associate with. Its there, its a valid trait. DNA does influence outcome, proto tags influence it. Mothers chemistry and temperature influence it....
The truth is you can attach a label to something but it does not change what it is. If you wish to run and hide from the realities of what life is and what people are then you are the one misdiagnosed.
Gender its self is a label that limits. Be who you are and explore who you are. If you are happy with a very narrow definition then great but not everyone is. It is not a world of just one or a few. It is all of our world.
No one has the right to hurt or shame. No one has the right to force one to be what they are not. This debate has nothing to do with gender. This is everything to do with control. I control me. You control you. You can hurt me, abuse me, confuse me... in the end it is and always has been about me.
I am me. If you can not or will not accept that then you need to leave my world now and forever. If you can not live in harmony with all the wonderful peoples who choose to live here then it is you who are the one who must go.
There has been enough darkness, pain, and bloodshed over these horrible forced limitations. Be free and be you. Love the world and those who seek to enslave it one small step at a time. Shine your light upon their wrongs and defy the pain.
If you loved you would love us all. If you can't love us all then that says something loud and clear.
You are you, whoever you may be. Love that. Love the others who are different. Love that we are all different. What a beautiful palette we all make when love touches the sky. To borrow a line...."Touch the rainbow!"
Love is Never Wrong!
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Liberty
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Honored words from so long ago. As one of many I think they should still hold true. However one must honor the country you flee to by at least trying to enter through proper channels.
In recent days to many have come to fear the outsider. As another great American once said "The only thing to fear is fear its self." If we turn our backs on those most in need then we do disservice to the very principles this nation was founded.
What is true however, we can not take everyone. Becoming a refugee should be a last resort. I wish everyone happiness, love, prosperity, and liberty.
A word of advice is that liberty begins in you. Change you, change your family, your home, your town, your nation. The blessings of liberty are hard won. Be free, love, change all that seeks to enslave you.
To the tired, the poor, the huddle masses come if you have no other choice. I can't speak for all but I can say no one who wants and fights for liberty should ever be turned away.
Liberty is love, granted and given. Love the world.
Love is Never Wrong!
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Honored words from so long ago. As one of many I think they should still hold true. However one must honor the country you flee to by at least trying to enter through proper channels.
In recent days to many have come to fear the outsider. As another great American once said "The only thing to fear is fear its self." If we turn our backs on those most in need then we do disservice to the very principles this nation was founded.
What is true however, we can not take everyone. Becoming a refugee should be a last resort. I wish everyone happiness, love, prosperity, and liberty.
A word of advice is that liberty begins in you. Change you, change your family, your home, your town, your nation. The blessings of liberty are hard won. Be free, love, change all that seeks to enslave you.
To the tired, the poor, the huddle masses come if you have no other choice. I can't speak for all but I can say no one who wants and fights for liberty should ever be turned away.
Liberty is love, granted and given. Love the world.
Love is Never Wrong!
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Being Lonely
So many of us in our community are lonely. There are many reasons for this. Most of it can be boiled down to two many issues. We are never truly accepted in society and face isolation and harassment on a regular basis. The other issue being what it means to be us. Every LGBT person will have a different answer.
This has been a problem for so long. The answer however is a lot simpler. The hard part is undoing all those forced gender norms and expectations. If we were honest it would sound like this. "I am sorry straight society you are dysfunctional even amongst your own."
What does it mean to be a man?, a woman?, to belong, to be a family? Ask anyone and you will get different answers. They may have similarities but no absolutes. There lies the problem. You expect us to conform to something that never conforms to you.
Men can dress up in women's clothing and full make wanting to feel pretty and still be straight. Gay men can be masculine, outgoing and jocks. Lesbians can be beautiful and dainty. Transgender can be straight but the wrong gender.
For far to long the few who want their view of what is normal have forced, bullied, humiliated, and murdered us to fit a mould. It is not about religion, morality, or society. It has always been about power. If they can make you do what they want they keep you off balance.
The truth is we are all beautiful, we are all worthy of love. Their is no definition to love. It is instead a wondrous thing that enchants when we let if free. Try it sometime. Hold your tongue. Don't lecture, support. Judge love not likeness. Accept even if its not you or you understand.
People are... Families are... Love is... It is that simple. The definition is in what works for you and how you shape your life. You can't be anything or anyone other than you. As I have said society is not ready for us. It really has not been ready for its self. So just love.
Now all this being said I am not advocating for anarchy or wholesale rejection of traditions. I am saying however take that which fits you and preserve that. But before you reject what you think is not you at least try to understand what you are rejecting. If you do not then you are on the same path as what has hurt you.
My only other advice is when you love, truly love. Don't settle. Love and you are priceless. You don't have to do anything that does not feel right or enrich you. If someone is trying to say otherwise get away from them. You can only be you and you are capable of love and value.
Even in love there may be roads of pain but know are the light in the dark. The darkness is being consumed into the definitions that are not you.
To those who live in the dark I say you are wrong and always have been. It doesn't matter if you can be at the top, have power, or fame. It doesn't matter what you think on anything other than you. If you truly cared you would celebrate all those wonderful differences we have in life and cherish those who make your life better.
Two life long friends can raise a child together and be a family. Two women who madly love one another can be a family. A family friend who takes in an orphan can be a family. All you need is love.
What's normal? The answer is you. What's not normal? The answer is anything that hurts another or yourself. To many take it upon themselves to dictate life. Never do that.
You can advise, support, love, even toss your hands up in frustration. But always love, always accept, even if its not you. Acceptance is not approval. It is love. I may not understand or agree but I love you and I want you to be happy, even if its not my life.
Life can be lonely but if we love we can be fulfilled. Go bask in that warmth I think you will find loneliness fades and people flock to you. You can't fake it. You can't imitate it. You can only experience it.
If you can't, find help. Find someone. Life is a journey of emotions and experiences. Don't miss the biggest part of your journey.
Live, Love, Forgive.
Love is Never Wrong!
This has been a problem for so long. The answer however is a lot simpler. The hard part is undoing all those forced gender norms and expectations. If we were honest it would sound like this. "I am sorry straight society you are dysfunctional even amongst your own."
What does it mean to be a man?, a woman?, to belong, to be a family? Ask anyone and you will get different answers. They may have similarities but no absolutes. There lies the problem. You expect us to conform to something that never conforms to you.
Men can dress up in women's clothing and full make wanting to feel pretty and still be straight. Gay men can be masculine, outgoing and jocks. Lesbians can be beautiful and dainty. Transgender can be straight but the wrong gender.
For far to long the few who want their view of what is normal have forced, bullied, humiliated, and murdered us to fit a mould. It is not about religion, morality, or society. It has always been about power. If they can make you do what they want they keep you off balance.
The truth is we are all beautiful, we are all worthy of love. Their is no definition to love. It is instead a wondrous thing that enchants when we let if free. Try it sometime. Hold your tongue. Don't lecture, support. Judge love not likeness. Accept even if its not you or you understand.
People are... Families are... Love is... It is that simple. The definition is in what works for you and how you shape your life. You can't be anything or anyone other than you. As I have said society is not ready for us. It really has not been ready for its self. So just love.
Now all this being said I am not advocating for anarchy or wholesale rejection of traditions. I am saying however take that which fits you and preserve that. But before you reject what you think is not you at least try to understand what you are rejecting. If you do not then you are on the same path as what has hurt you.
My only other advice is when you love, truly love. Don't settle. Love and you are priceless. You don't have to do anything that does not feel right or enrich you. If someone is trying to say otherwise get away from them. You can only be you and you are capable of love and value.
Even in love there may be roads of pain but know are the light in the dark. The darkness is being consumed into the definitions that are not you.
To those who live in the dark I say you are wrong and always have been. It doesn't matter if you can be at the top, have power, or fame. It doesn't matter what you think on anything other than you. If you truly cared you would celebrate all those wonderful differences we have in life and cherish those who make your life better.
Two life long friends can raise a child together and be a family. Two women who madly love one another can be a family. A family friend who takes in an orphan can be a family. All you need is love.
What's normal? The answer is you. What's not normal? The answer is anything that hurts another or yourself. To many take it upon themselves to dictate life. Never do that.
You can advise, support, love, even toss your hands up in frustration. But always love, always accept, even if its not you. Acceptance is not approval. It is love. I may not understand or agree but I love you and I want you to be happy, even if its not my life.
Life can be lonely but if we love we can be fulfilled. Go bask in that warmth I think you will find loneliness fades and people flock to you. You can't fake it. You can't imitate it. You can only experience it.
If you can't, find help. Find someone. Life is a journey of emotions and experiences. Don't miss the biggest part of your journey.
Live, Love, Forgive.
Love is Never Wrong!
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