The Lie That is Racism

"John"s Squares" by Drew John Tankersley  

 Happy sez-  Much is said about the evils of racism, a type of lie and not a happy topic - evil never is.  Most people condemn racism of all types and rightly so, but because we as individuals and a society may say it is evil, that does not explain why it is evil.  I believe that there is a moral force much like the other forces of the universe and that moral force manifests itself as moral laws. Lies are evil and lies like racism which is one of the worst types of lies violates those moral laws granted to us by our creator.  While evil is not a happy topic the  knowledge that the lies of racism cannot stand any more than someone walking off a cliff can stand in mid air is a happy thought and I will leave you with that.

Here's a couple of links:

fee.org-cicero
nlnrac.org/aristotle 
ep.utm.edu/kant
Revolution of Rreality

Algorithm for Life

" Jungle River" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez- When I was young, math or more accurately arithmetic, was never a favorite of mine and even though I haven't multiplied a fraction in years there are many of the basic ideas and philosophies of everyday life embedded in mathematics that makes me wish I had a better working knowledge of that language, the language of the universe, for within that language is much beauty and truth.  In mathematics an algorithm, I believe can be defined as a series of steps to reach a goal, something that I think we all need and we need to learn to keep it valid while we are constantly changing not only our goal in our ever changing life but also the steps to reach that changing goal.  Not only when we are young but all through our lives we not only may not know what goal we are chasing but life, a part of the universe is always changing and many times that change affects our goal as well.  We all need an algorithm for life that can be as fluid as our own lives.

Her is a link:

Revolution of Reality

And So Will We

"Vibrant Earth" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  Sometimes and this is one of them, it seems that this world has gone crazy.  The buildings are still upright and gravity still seems to be working but there is one species on this planet that seems to be infected with some kind of  mental illness.  This isn't the first time that this species, the human species, has gone through these cycles of this recurring disease, and one can only hope that this is the last time and the cycle will somehow be broken.  While we seem to be at the apex there are encouraging signs that the pendulum is starting it's swing back. Let me leave you with this Happy Thought - Remember this world is just a small part of this universe and the universe has a way of finding balance.  And so will we.

Frustration and Impatience

"Cindy's Afternoon Storm" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  Last post we talked a little bit about frustration, a large and well, frustrating subject -  but we did not talk about some of the related things that often accompany or surround frustration.  While these things can number in the many and are dependent on the situation and can come and go, I think one of the foremost of these things is impatience.  Impatience is very often accompanied by frustration.  One, I believe, can create the other, almost in a self-perpetuating cycle. Slow down or stop one side and you stop the cycle, one of those things that is easy to say but very often hard to do.  One might try to take oneself out of the cycle by changing the frame of reference, the reality, in which that cycle exists.  If your impatience then know and expect that things are going to frustrate you and by knowing that in advance it allows you to say  I'm going to be frustrated and that gives you the opportunity to deal with it before it happens, then the cycle is starting to break.

Here's a link:

Revolution of Reality

A Frustrating Post!

"Stormy Night" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  Frustration is an interesting phenomena, it comes in all types, degrees and sources.  It can be big or small, devastating or, well just frustrating. Sometimes frustration will come often, all day long, one thing after another - nothing big you understand - but never stopping, you go to get something, it's not there, you go to get some back up and it's empty, your pen is out of ink and you get another one, but it breaks as soon as you use it.  See what I mean, It never seems to end.  Then there are the big things, the life threatening things - getting your cancer treated only to find you have heart trouble, getting your heart worked on then finding you have kidney failure.  So it's true frustration can come in many ways, in many forms but if we take it in stride, as well as we can, and not allow the frustration of being frustrated to get to us, then we'll be the better for it  And if we can do that, that will be good.

Here's a link:

wiseoldsayings.com

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"Anxiety" by Drew John Tankersley

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Taxes and Civility

"Soft Green" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  Oliver Wendell Holmes jr., I believe once said "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society'', and if that is true then I think we are losing ground.  Taxes were a lot less in the past hundred even twenty-five years and society was a lot more civilized a hundred or even twenty-five years ago.  If a cowboy came back from the "Wild West"  a hundred years ago he would be horrified at the wanton violence, the violence for violence sake and the low value on life we have in todays modern world, and he would also be horrified at the amount of money, and control, the government extracts from you and exerts over you.  These thoughts, while not happy are true and the only way to make them happy is to do something about it, and doing something positive is a happy thought!

Just thought that this painting "Soft Green" is somehow appropriate for this post.

Here's a link:

treasury.gov
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