The family I grew up in preached self-reliance, individual liberty, and the right to improve one’s standing in the economic world – which was achieved by working hard. The working hard was not at all bad because it was a challenge and so much fun to learn and grow. My mom always stated, “a person does not stand still and stay in one place in life – you either go forward or backward.” There are road blocks along the road and there are plenty of exits on that road which can slow down the process of development. I met a lot of interesting people who gave me fuel by encouraging me along the way to constantly learn by my mistakes. There were a lot of good and bad times in my life; but, you pick yourself up, brush yourself off, and learn from the bad and take the good and move on. There were a lot of friends that were lost due to accidents and sickness. But, for every lost friend, a new life was brought into the world. We have a lot of evil, money changers in our country who are trying to disrupt our democracy and make people think by putting all of us in a box and taking care of us is the way to go. I do not want to be in any box because the grass is greener on the outside.
That seems to be what is happening today. There are people out there who are putting up road blocks and want to keep people under their thumbs and do not want them to progress. No matter who you are, you have to keep trying and learning because other than that you will not progress. They try to make you think they are trying to help you; but, they are simply holding you back. They have divided the country simply to hold people back.
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