Only the Absolute Best!
When I first embarked on the journey of finding the best, I believed that if a conscience based choice could be made from the options available, a person would make the choice for the better, after all it is human nature to want the best, isn't it? I didn't factor in the apathy of the average person toward anything outside their own boxes of normal activity.
If I had a dollar bill for every gripe I have heard about the food industry, medical industry, or government - whether quality, price, value, service, or any other thing, I would be incredibly wealthy. If I had a dollar for every piece of journalism online or off relating to these enterprises I would again be an extremely wealthy person.
But instead of having dollar bills raining down on me from above, I have come across another revelation. I call it "apathetic Jimmy and apathetic Jane". It's an evolution of "don't pass judgment" or "I'm ok, you're ok" and without getting into the politics of the whole mess, I think it has proliferated society as a whole under the guise of "playing nice" humanity, and it has become an epidemic.
Under this principle, ordinary people aren't inclined to think. They don't have to, as it is simply not their fault. If Jimmy and Jane's child doesn't get breakfast, the government or another group steps in with a breakfast program at the child's school. Jimmy and Jane only buy the car with the fancier upper class symbol "V"model, and then demand that the government intervene in the ever increasing price of petroleum based fuel. If Jimmy and Jane can't find a certain brand of clothing because it was removed due to child labor, Jimmy and Jane throw a trantrum. If Jimmy and Jane's child gets fat, they simply blame the government, fast food chains and of course, the media. If Jimmy and Jane can't buy their child a certain toy due to a recall, Jimmy and Jane go for the next big thing. But do Jimmy or Jane ever do anything beyond "reactionary"?
Jimmy and Jane haven't quite figured out that the action each of us takes, which path we choose, defines what happens next; that the way to make a difference is simply to behave differently. Instead Jimmy and Jane stand on the sidelines and complain while at the same time promoting and supporting the very subject of their complaint. To do otherwise would simply be "too forward", radical, in your face, or simply not nice. No, don't make any waves, and just go with the flow and complain more about how your very own choices are making you sick and the price tags keeps increasing. When will Jimmy and Jane learn they can control the cost and quality of the products they use?
I am tired of explaining things to the normal everyday Jimmy and Jane's of the world online or off, only to hear sighs of how entirely "BORING" anything relating to the reality of the health and well being of individuals around them and how the chemicals in thier bathrooms are killing them. I am tired of sharing the "good news" of alternatives to the crap we are eating and having "blah blah blah" thrown back in my face. Seriously, why do I care?
If you think that the government is not giving you the whole truth, write them and demand changes. If you think that farmers have a raw deal, support them, and don't support those that exploit them!
If you think that the drug industry is making too many mistakes and risking our lives in a little pill, take it to your senator.
If you think the foods you eat are making you sick, do something about it and change your buying habits.
If you think that climate change is an issue - downsize your engine, get a more fuel efficient car, but don't talk to me about it from your v8 or Hemi vehicle!
It is all a matter of supply and demand folks!!!
WHATEVER you do, please don't say to me "I wish" or "if only" and then never choose take a step to begin changing it. I guess mainstream Americans and the like are lackadaisical, apathetic or just to "BORED" to pay attention. Oh I must not forget that 'everything will be just fine' or 'everything will go away if I just pretend it doesn't exist'. Keep the blinders on. Isn't it that apathy that has gotten us where we are today?
Besides, anyone who deviates from the average in the general population is still labeled as a wierdo, hippie or radical.
The majority of people will speak up and support a fashionable cause in the comfort of their own little get togethers, especially if it has recently made the headlines. But ask them to put their money where their mouth is or do something, anything about it and they will never step up to the plate and break from the norm. Taking responsibility and making a change for the absolute best, means taking a serious look at your lifestyle you are living and until the day when 'keeping up with the Jones' includes being ethical or health conscious, it will continue to be ignored by the masses. Right now people are too busy trying to keep up with the "wealthy", the rediculous "celebrity princesses" in the tabloid magazines or the "guru's" on the internet to care.
You can make a difference, but only if you take off the blinders and begin to see.
Yes, You do have a choice, but are you willing to do something about it?
theresa fisher
of healthyfishies
www.healthyfishies.com
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Comments (29)
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Fishie!!!!
Welcome back to the surface. I though you had gotten lost in the Marianas Trench somewhere....
Anyway, We missed you around here!
Theresa6
my how things have changed since this article.... it is now 'cool' to participate in going green.
who'd a thunk?!
Theresa6
Mizrae -- You go girl!!
You are right, we certainly did not get here by accident... we sat idly by and watched it happen-- after all it is so nice and convenient now days isn't it? But it HAD to become convenient as we are all just too darn busy working for that dollar, euro, yen - to have it any other way, aren't we?
Rae Steinbrink6
I am working on a blog right now that touches on this very subject to a degree. I believe when we transitioned into the industrial age and gave up the life lessons that were taught from generation to generation regarding self-worth and began to value the "dollar" (no matter what country, it could be the yen) we put the definition of our self-worth in the hands of someone else, those that profit from our sweat and blood with little disregard for our real value. And, we have been bombarded night
Theresa6
My reasoning as to why this happened was based around the same era of time, however, I was focused a bit more on what the family was forced into, or had to give up during that time period.
At that time, many children lost their parents: not only were the men out fighting a war, but the mothers were left to get a job, to earn a living, to keep the family afloat...this left our children to the hands of the education "systems" to raise or in the loving hands of a parent who was too stretched alrea
Arthur Webster7
Just plain honesty
Hi, fishie,
I think you have the idea.
Now let's look at the WHY.
Why did it happen?
Probably the effects of the two world wars are as much to blame as anything else.
If you think about what happened, you will see that, as well as many countries being laid to waste, their societies, too, were destroyed.
The European continental countries up to the start of WW2 had been populated by people who knew their place in society. There were strata in society that each person belonged to
Theresa6
Jeff -- Dr Jon might know about "That Zombification drug" that is being passed around -- ROFLOL!!
Theresa6
WOW Cootsy!
After some thought, I must agree with you... the statement of your dear friend wondering if an oak tree knows it is an oak tree threw me off for a moment. But, the pondering got me thinking as well...(you're good)
There is a sense in society, that maybe we did "let it happen" while we sat idly by... maybe it was more of an "as long as it doesn't happen to me or mine" mentality or the fear of standing out. I don't know. Maybe it is simply the paths we have been on that have changed t
Arthur Webster7
Just plain honesty
vopice = voice - sorry
Arthur Webster7
Just plain honesty
Hi, fishie,
I've been watching this blog and while I sympathise with all that you say, ask yourself a question that I was once asked by a friend a few minutes before he was killed.
We had been discussing the way a few consciencious objectors had been ostracised because they had refused to take up arms (something that, as non combatants, they were perfectly at liberty to do) even though they did help in other ways while those who hid away when there was action were pitied.
I had asked my
Theresa6
omgosh Dr Jon... I feel as though I made a HUGE typo by not including that information!!
Thank you so much for adding it... I completely Agree wholeheartedly in finding the right doctor who WILL listen to you and offer assistance to you in helping to attain your wellness goals. That is part of the how and why of Healthyfishies -- to inform, educate and offer resources. We are still building!!
I still can not believe I neglected to mention that in the article - darn train of thought ...went by
Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
You ROCK so much, Fishie, that this whole blog is shaking! LOL!
You have nailed your subject right on the head! ANYBODY here at Apsense can walk right outside and run into a "Zombie" or go to the supermarket and see hundreds of 'em, if you care to...
It's like APATHY was mainlined into their brains until until their Natural selves wre silenced... What is this 'Go Along To Get Along!" Crap?... Why does it seem that Love, Passion and Joy are being defined by Advertising?
Where are the
Theresa6
Jenny,
That is it exactly .... being part of the solution is learning HOW to look at things and to think for yourselves when making everyday choices.
Thanks a bunch for that doll!
Jon Moreshead2
Renegade Doc
Fishie,
Well said! My sentiments exactly, with one small addition.
If you don't like the medical system, don't just talk to the senator; find a doc/healer who will listen and learn and assist you in your journey to health. The answer to your healing is within yourself; just give yourself permission to go there.
It takes courage to go "outside the box."
Most won't, some will.
Thanks for being one who will/does!!
Dr Jon
Jenny Stewart11
You have written a brilliant blog Fishie. Jimmy and Jane, part of the Great Silent Majority.
We have all fallen for the consumer trash that tells us that we need to waste our time pursuing consumer goals in order to achieve happiness and not to worry about thinking about the WHYs too much.
People who do that get called all the things you said and are considered subversive or bolshie.
But I agree with Lee, that one should never give up. if just one person listens and learns to look at thing
Theresa6
Thanks Penny! I hope so too, but hey, all I can do is my part-- it is all up to Jimmy and Jane as far as what they do with it. :-)
Penny Young8
Consultant
Fishie, well written!! I hope you open up some eyes.
Theresa6
Thanks wierdo Jean! I can certainly appreciate that :-)
You go girl!
Theresa6
Lee,
That cliche' is so so true. I am very thankful that you got a hold of it when you did -before it was too late as I am Happy to have met you !! :-)
Not Here8
just want my account deleted
GOOD GOD Fishie!! Very well put, I know we're all guilty of this in some fashion. People are so blinded by the things they WANT or THINK THEY WANT...no-one really seems to focus on what they REALLY NEED! It's as though they are caught in a trance or spell...stuck on this idea that they need bigger cars, bigger houses, wild sexy things, or the things their so-called friends tell them they need, or the TV tells them they need..or whatever the heck...Doesn't anyone care about what they REALLY Ne