Im in love

I have never really felt like I was in love with myself.  There is a self hate that I have always held on to.  I have rarely done enough to feel worthy of appreciating myself.  I have beat myself up far too often.  I have cluttered my ideas with doubt.  I have chained my dreams with discouragement.  I have chosen the conservative routes.  I have feared with more intensity than trust.  That is changing.  I am hardening my values and softening my heart.  I am recognizing the beauty in most situations and accepting that perception can be a powerful ingredient to prosperity.

I am on the move!

Incarceration Rates by Population

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate


One nation under God, indivisible, and Justice for those who are empowered. Forgiveness for the powerful few, the elite humble, the profitable meek, and rare ignorant.

It is the home of the brave often when convinced, promised, or deceived with education and hazard pay...not to mention large no bid contracts.

Land of the Free seems to be empirically unseen for the staggering cultures, land of the discriminant and home of the prejudice appears to be a better statistical match.

All men are created equal, unless it becomes inconvenient and rebellious in the eyes of the status quo. Most should pursue happiness and the entitlements that come from capitalism until the rich elite can conspire guidelines that eliminate or discourage competition.

When one can find themselves in the flow of empowerment and able to tolerate the magnetic forces of addiction, we are as great as the greatest nations. We are capable of being talented and symbiotic. We can and have championed liberty by giving the underdog time on the court.

We are brilliant because we allow the underdog an opportunity to study the play book. We open the practice fields up for everyone. We are still in the direction of democracy. We are close to seeing all people as equal.

We are growing further from valuing them for their contributions versus looking for oppotunities to punish them.

Interesting thought about heaven

Most Christians desire that everyone be Christian so that we all share in the gift of heaven.  Universal and catholic faith in a trinity, and not the Catholic religion but the true definition of catholic.  There is also a belief that heaven will be illusive to those who are unworthy.  So is the acceptance into a place or even state reflective of the process Christians might participate in on judgment day.  Is America like heaven?  Is this metaphor even fair?
I start thinking about the beliefs needed to get to heaven.  Why exclude?  If God is capable of infinite forgiveness then why exclude anyone who wishes to live in heaven.  Will heaven have an economy?  Will heaven have a currency?  Does God discriminate? A better question is, if forgiveness is infinite but time isn't as revelations tell us.  Does this mean, forgiveness will end as well.  Will forgiveness be irrelevant in heaven?  Will discrimination be the ultimate gateway to heaven, with worthiness be the golden ticket?  Are those who segregate just practicing the ways of their Father?  We are made in the image of God, does this mean we are expressing God's ability to discriminate.

I think about the immigrant.  Then I question how the right wing Christian lobby seems to believe that heaven should be for everyone.  This isn't contradictory to how they believe their God will treat them on judgment day.  This also reflects the American self perception that this nation is under God and the moral compass for the world.

The biggest risk I find in religion is feeling righteous enough to think like God.  Isn't judging human worth a risky skill, maybe even a skill left for God.  Isn't our worth our ticket to heaven.  Isn't entrance to heaven the choice of God.  Are our borders symbolizing the act of judging worth.  One nation under God but only for those who deserve to be in heaven.  Judge and you will be judged the same.

As I seek heaven like the immigrant seeks prosperity here, I question whether I want to be in a place where discrimination still exists.  I think Gandhi might have hinted at the idea of questioning the goal of heaven if it will be full of religious elitists.  Are our borders reflective of the process God chooses for us.  I expect heaven to have souls that have discriminated but absent of discrimination.  I hope my desire to be without discrimination will be enough to not exclude me from heaven.  The paradox is fun.  I must learn to not discriminate in order to pass God's discrimination.

Bullying dreams is terrorism