A True Calling
Tim Williams
May 30, 2009
Chasing ones dream! Can it be today most Americans can only envision what they would like to do instead of what they are now doing to make a living. Are the citizens of the United States being denied the opportunity to pursue life's passion and why are we so reluctant to answer when opportunity knocks?
To answer that question many factors are in play that compound and complicate why the majority of people are caught in a vicious cycle of diminished opportunities. So elusive in reality now, the way things are. We live in a different, difficult, more intense, and faster passed world than it was years ago. For most of us just of make it through the day is a monumental achievement, let alone break away from the drudgery of our every day existence to engage in our true calling whether it be a painter, missionary, musician, performer, teacher, or writer.
So many times in our lives opportunities come and in hindsight only then do we realize what could have been. That old saying that "Opportunity Knocks;" well just maybe we should have answered that door and actually stepped through, and found our true calling.
Somewhere the United States has lost sight of what the true meaning of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is all about. Our own government and Corporate American have failed the citizens of the United States. Through their own greed and self gratification they have undermined not only the National Security of the United States but have compromised the economic and financial security of the whole country and in doing so have jeopardized the global community as well. The way the current economic conditions are most Americans are caught up in a whirlwind of existence trying to cope. We don't have the financial security to break away from our current situation and if that changes most of us become so despondent that we loose focus on what really matters. Our dreams and aspirations are just that, We try to find a way out only to find ourselves under a financial and economic tidal wave that keeps pounding down upon us.
A job for every American, in a field of their own choosing has to be the new mandate of all elected officials and of Industry alike. Employment opportunities with real living wages have to become a reality in order for the United States to flourish and prosper. With so many technological innovations today there are many ways to actually achieve this mandate. Education is vital in producing and attaining a thriving and prospering economy that all Americans can partake in. All it takes is for each and every elected official and Corporate America to relinquish their current way of rational and embrace this new wave of change.
To answer that question many factors are in play that compound and complicate why the majority of people are caught in a vicious cycle of diminished opportunities. So elusive in reality now, the way things are. We live in a different, difficult, more intense, and faster passed world than it was years ago. For most of us just of make it through the day is a monumental achievement, let alone break away from the drudgery of our every day existence to engage in our true calling whether it be a painter, missionary, musician, performer, teacher, or writer.
So many times in our lives opportunities come and in hindsight only then do we realize what could have been. That old saying that "Opportunity Knocks;" well just maybe we should have answered that door and actually stepped through, and found our true calling.
Somewhere the United States has lost sight of what the true meaning of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is all about. Our own government and Corporate American have failed the citizens of the United States. Through their own greed and self gratification they have undermined not only the National Security of the United States but have compromised the economic and financial security of the whole country and in doing so have jeopardized the global community as well. The way the current economic conditions are most Americans are caught up in a whirlwind of existence trying to cope. We don't have the financial security to break away from our current situation and if that changes most of us become so despondent that we loose focus on what really matters. Our dreams and aspirations are just that, We try to find a way out only to find ourselves under a financial and economic tidal wave that keeps pounding down upon us.
A job for every American, in a field of their own choosing has to be the new mandate of all elected officials and of Industry alike. Employment opportunities with real living wages have to become a reality in order for the United States to flourish and prosper. With so many technological innovations today there are many ways to actually achieve this mandate. Education is vital in producing and attaining a thriving and prospering economy that all Americans can partake in. All it takes is for each and every elected official and Corporate America to relinquish their current way of rational and embrace this new wave of change.
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