Support Yourself, They Say

The dumbest model for a society is "Support Yourself."  No one has bought into this model more than Americans, or become so heavily invested in it.

We let our elderly eat cat food [we do not use the word "Elders" as Elders are the ones who came before us, who share the wisdom and knowledge of our People. We are responsible to our Elders. The elderly are just old people who inconvenience us by driving too slowly].

Decorated Veterans decorate our doorways.  Poor children "live" off of fast food & pretend 'food products'. We let our people freeze to death in the cold. We do not care about our Artists, Mystics, Prophets or Poets. 

We let our inner city people attempt to survive off of nothing, or next to it. We don't even allow our homeless to sleep on park benches and the police not only do not help them, but often add to their difficulties instead.  [Though the kind and compassionate officers deserve commendation and praise, as their tenderness is a crucial salve to those most urgently in need].

The police just protect merchandise, not the people (who actually have feelings). One serious illness makes a family destitute, while those who rape the land for oil and spill it into our oceans drive $425,000 cars and get subsidized by our government. We like it that way! We're Americans!!!

It is our secret shame and no one talks about it. In fact, there is not another subject that Americans are more defensive about. If you want to see how hateful and ignorant we are, just post something like this and watch the comments roll in...

Most people and families are ONE layoff, serious injury or accident away from being in financial crisis or worse:  homelessness or being destitute. 

This is why so many people HATE, slander and judge the homeless and the poor.  Because they know that in reality, it could be them; and that it's a very thin line between where they are now and being broke.  Those who are poverty stricken are modeling our worst fears to us.  And people do not like it~ not one little bit!

Instead of showing compassion to those who are in most desperately need of it, people often actually go out of their way to harm them; and exasperate their problems by mocking them, yelling at them, calling the police on them, stealing from them, abusing them or even killing them.

There is a very special honor for those who tend to the destitute & desperate.  Those who serve and assist the homeless and the people that society has thrown away are a very special breed of Angels. They have also truly suffered or have highly developed empathy and sympathy; they have a very high calling and have broken out of fear.

May New Eden come now.  May it come swiftly on the heels of Hermes, may the New World rescue us from our wrongs and suffering of this world, and may it be our Truth, our reality and our inheritance now!  **:)☮♥✿

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{Painting by Kelly Grimes}