Another Article on the Election

Election Day will soon be upon us and I wish that I could write an objective article on it, but the reality is that I am very liberal and disillusioned with the route that our country has taken. Come Election Day, I want a President that represents the voice of the people and will revitalize our country economically, politically, and in the eyes of the international realm.

America needs a leader that is hopeful, thoughtful, and has solutions. We don’t need patriotic rhetoric; we need solutions and actions in improving America. I believe that Obama is our man. He represents change and has handled his campaign with tact. Of course, I don’t believe that he’ll be able to achieve all the things that he states, because he is a politician and false promises are the norm, but I know that he is the catalyst to a new beginning.

Obama is practical, driven, focused, realistic and for the people, for the nation, not just for a specific group of people, but for Americans as a whole. I think it’s unfair when he’s labeled as unpatriotic or when he’s called a socialist. This one word verbiage is disturbing and completely underhanded. It puts these images and words in the public’s mind without offering accurate definitions. I know that politics is manipulative, but when strong words that resonate negative and unpatriotic sentiments amongst the public are used, I think that’s just dirty.

Socialism is not something that many people can explain, but most Americans think “it’s bad.” So to throw that word into the minds of American is an underhanded trick and shows the character of the McCain camp.

Yes, there has been attacks thrown around by both parties, but accusing Obama of unpatriotic and socialist policies is hitting below the belt. I think that the candidate with tact, integrity and real solutions is the person America needs.

While, I respect everyone’s opinion, I think that we need to look at the mass that each candidate attracts and then we’ll see what these men represent. McCain attracts the elite, and “the rednecks that hold on to God and guns.” To me, this would define McCain as a racist, elitist. Obama attracts the rich, the middle-class, and the working class which means that he is a man that everyone can relate to. Obama represents the American ideal; a man that comes from a diverse background representing the American melting pot, a man that grew up within poor means and has made it through Harvard to the Senate to the first African-American OFFICIAL presidential candidate for a major political party.

McCain is stagnant, conservative, old and gives us the possibility of having Sarah Palin as President.

Obama represents revitalization and this country needs new beginnings to continue forging on in our time of crisis.

Vote on Nov. 4^th

You gotta have faith.

I’m a strong believer in harvesting strong relationships. I believe in sacrifice, dedication and constant support for those that you love. Even when relationships and friendships get rocky, I still believe in loyalty and sacrifice, but what do you do when you’re willing to forgive and forgive, but the person continues to hurt you?

It’s easy to say, have them exit stage left out of your life, but it’s not that easy, especially when you have an inch of faith in that person, especially when you can’t find it in your heart to say, I don’t believe in you. But really, how many beatings do we have to take in order to finally get the message? You don’t care about me as much as I care about you. Why don’t we understand when someone doesn’t have the same dedication to us as we have to them? I wonder what are the neurons and protons and electrons that are responsible for this.  . .  denial? Or can we truly, rationally, sincerely justify this relentless faith?

I mean, how much bashing do we have to take before we stop this masochistic behavior? When do we spot believing in people? When, living two blocks away, he/she doesn’t come to your birthday? When he/she doesn’t want to have anything to do with you if you don’t sleep with them? Or, when he/she cheats on you, resulting in a child?

Why do we keep coming back to these people whom we’ve sacrificed so much for, willingly and happily, and only, excuse my French shit on us? Think about how you helped someone get their identification, or how you helped he/she get a job or how you showered he/she and their children with gift, or even how you dropped everything and ran to them in their time of need.  .  .when was the last time they did that for you? And not to say that he/she didn’t do anything for you, maybe they did as much as they could, but what’s the difference when you did everything you could and more?

I say, take your time. It’s not easy to kick someone out of your life and there’s no reason to rip the band aid off the wound (unless they do it for you). Losing faith is a heart wrenching thing to do and without faith it’s hard to go on, in anything. Don’t lose your faith, but don’t make someone your priority when you’re only their option.

 

 

 

 

Why can’t we play nice?

As a child the world seems friendly, problems are resolved and there is less internalization, but as an adult there is an awareness that is almost stunning, in the sense, that you experience what people are really capable of doing. When you’re younger you’re shielded from much of the awful occurrences in life, but as an adult you come face to face with everyday misfortune, whether it be in an immediate experience or just seeing what’s occurring in the world.

 

I know that there are bad things in the world, but I don’t understand why. Why is it more gratifying and easier to say a mean comment than a kind word? Why is it easier to slap someone instead of walk away? Why would a person rather dismiss someone completely rather than treat him/her with respect?

 

I’m not trying to sound naïve, but it’s hard to understand why people, from your family to your significant other, to a complete stranger, rather roll their eyes at you than smile.

 

In a relationship, you give your whole being, and then you get thrown to the side when you can’t give anymore than what you’ve been receiving this whole time.

 

In family, once they use you, they disregard you or they give you way less than what you give them.

 

In friendship, you can never really expect a favor to be returned.

 

In the world, we rather bomb each other than create a peace treaty.

 

I’m not saying that we shouldn’t take care of ourselves, but in taking care of ourselves it’s not so hard to help others along the way. People always say, “You’re born alone and you die alone,” but we live with billons of other people. There has to be a reason why, in our lifetime, we interact and cohabit with others.

 

I think that we need to stop, and really think about the way we treat people, and think how we would like it if someone treated us that way. If we don’t deserve, or like, to be treated a certain way, what makes the individual believe that it’s okay to treat the next person bad?

What’s Stopping You?

Lately, I haven’t had much to say, but ironically enough, I’m interested as to why I haven’t posted in a while. This blog is something that I enjoy doing. I like expressing my opinions, sharing, and writing, but yet I haven’t written in a long time. Why is that?

 

Why is it that more often than not we stop doing the things we love? Yes, life demands a lot from us i.e. work, family, financial responsibilities, etc., but can’t we find a moment to stop and do what we love? We can, I know we can. It takes effort, but we can achieve it. I think that we do have a lot going on in life especially right now with elections, financial crisis, and horrific natural disasters, but if not now, when? When are we going to make time to do the things we love? It is one life and we need to find time to do the things that we find self-fulfilling.

 

I’ve seen too many people sacrifice their passions and, as cliché as this is, their dreams for people that, in the end, don’t appreciate them and outlive them. This is not to say that we don’t need to take care of our responsibilities but take care of you, too.

 

Stop putting off things because they seem trivial although it would be something that you enjoy. Don’t take life for granted because we have some many resources to make anything we want to do possible. I have desktop, two laptops and get out of work at 4:30, why can’t I make time to write? Yes, I do other activities, but there is enough time in the day for me to pen down my thoughts and inspirations.

 

So think about it, what is stopping you from doing the things you love?