let’s start a revolution

A revolution is when a group of people say ‘NO” to the way things are and then try to change it to a better way.

Sometimes revolutions are good and sometimes they’re very bad -that depends on the vision the revolutionaries have for society.

Maybe their ‘better way’ is good for the society and maybe their ‘better way’ is bad for society.

So, why am I talking to you about revolutions? Because I am seeing something in our society that needs to be changed It’s the pain you live in everyday.

What pain?

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stress, anxiety, and depression

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peer pressure to do things you don’t want to do

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self mutilation through cutting and slashing

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school shootings

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addiction to drugs and alcohol

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cyber bullying

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suicide

This is serious stuff! And I don’t think you feel equipped to deal with it.

I think you feel like a leaf adrift on the water, with no power to direct where you go

I think you feel like you don’t know how to cope.

I think you feel alone.

I think you feel as if you are trying to surf without a surf board.

I think we need to help you figure this all out.

So, let’s begin by looking at the cause of this crisis you are in.

You see, our society is kind of broken, and you are growing up in this kind of broken world, trying to find wholeness, answers, and direction. It’s really not fair to you at all.

So, what’s broken?

Our thinking about ourselves and the world is broken.

If your thinking is broken, the world you see through those thoughts has to be broken too

What are our broken thoughts? Thought you’d never ask
We think we’re separate from each other
We think we can make ourselves feel better with things – more clothes, bigger house, better car, higher paying job
We think we’re not a part of, or connected to, the Earth
We think that if we hurt someone else, it won’t hurt us
We think our thoughts and emotions don’t affect our lives or others
We think we’re a body, separate from everything around us – that there is a division between us and everything around us
We think events happen to us randomly, coming at us out of nowhere
We think we are helpless in the midst of these events