Death, destruction and greed are ruling earth. We need to start shifting our focus to what really matters. We need to alter our vision towards happier ways.
Despite being overworked, we are underpaid and unhappy. We continue to push away our personal happiness for financial security. Finding a job that pays well is embedded in our heads rather than following a job with our personal passions and goals in mind. Our government is a contradiction itself. We the people have rights and should feel safe and secure. The financial support of our education system is sickening. Teachers and elected officials are responsible for educating and leading us. Perhaps we require leaders that are going to lead by proper behavior. Instead we are shown by our government how to cheat, lie, steal and sexually exploit oneself. In order to feel secure financially, emotionally and physically we call for real change. Obama’s “change” slogan and broken promises prove that accountability for elected officials disappears all too often.
The environment and our attitudes have the power to make this desired change possible. However we need to make sure they’re doing their job. Informed citizens hold all the power. When we neglect to speak out and stand up, our power diminishes. This is a direction that seems to be only turning downward and not upward. The path most Americans have been programmed to take over recent years has been to get an education and attend college.
Getting an education is beyond beneficial, however is this decision right for everyone? If we are all under the same impression that college has become necessary for future success, then why do all of these obstacles exist in getting that initial degree?
Then, once we have attained that institutional degree, the job opportunities remain missing. And thus the damaging cycle begins, starting with paying student loans.
The beneficial morals of this country are dwindling. We have yet to find a middle ground. We have yet to learn that in order to be happy, we need to start working together and not against each other. Differences need to be accepted and people need to be open to change. This openness, awareness and accountability are what needs to be stressed. Closed eyes see nothing but what they already know.
Brittany Murphy can be contacted at opinions@keene-equinox.com