Musings from Bubba's Desk: The Good Guys are Winning . . . Honest.

Notes from the author: Musings from Bubba’s Desk

Recently one of my Facebook friends posted that she was not enjoying her life. I’ve had the JW’s (that’s what Jehovah’s Witnesses call themselves these days) come to my door to tell me that we are all going to hell in a hand-basket.

What’s wrong with these people? There are fewer people engaged in armed conflict than at any other time in human history. Poverty and crime are down. Science is making new discoveries on an almost daily basis. Our understanding of the nature of matter and the universe is expanding like never before.

This is a wonderful time to be alive. Gay people and women are getting access to the rights they should have had all along. Like him or not, having elected a black man as president speaks to an increasing amount of tolerance in society for those who do not look like us.

I just don’t get all this doom and gloom. Yes, there are problems to deal with. The environment is going to be a huge job to repair, if that is even possible. We still have religion and all its associated problems to deal with but there are signs that they are slowly fading. Corporations have way too much influence in society but there are people becoming involved in that fight.

There is in America a very vocal minority who wish to impose on us all their particular political bent. But, even the Tea Party seems to be fading.

Life is good. Try to hang on to that thought. I understand that we all have our own personal demons and issues to deal with. I’ve been called the meanest man in the world a couple of times in my life. I get sad and angry at times but I never loose my love of life. I’m having too much fun. 

This is a great time to be alive. Don’t listen to the turkeys who are selling this negative thought system. Humans are getting better all the time. We don’t go to stadiums to watch people hack at each other with swords. We don’t stage public executions for our entertainment. We are safer, healthier, wiser than we have ever been.

Relax people, enjoy your life. It’s OK.

Work for good, but know that we are winning.

Earth Year 2013

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