I like to pay close attention to what is going on in the world, and with the things that happening right now, I feel that we are going to be facing some very challenging times.<\/p>\n
Let’s take a look:<\/p>\n
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We have union leaders that are financially breaking companies, as well as state and local governments.<\/p>\n
The Christian’s are being persecuted at every turn, being forced not to talk about what they believe with regards to abortion and gay marriage in their own churches. In the US, the last I knew we, as residents of the US, had what is called freedom of speech. At least I have seen on a regular basis, most gay pride parades, gay weddings and birth control are regularly covered in the local and national news.<\/p>\n
We have a government that are pitting it’s constituents against each other while saying that they are not creating “class warfare”. We actually have a president who says that he is proud to be the lead warrior for the middle class. This is absolutely disgusting. I thought the president was supposed to represent everyone that lives in the country.<\/p>\n
We currently have protests in front of Wall Street by a group that wants to shut down the system.<\/p>\n
We have Al Gore constantly telling us that just by us being born, we are destroying the earth.<\/p>\n
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Why is all of this going on?<\/p>\n
Why is it that we have a group of people that feel that they can only achieve happiness by forcing others to change?<\/p>\n
This is a fundamental flaw that will NEVER work.<\/p>\n
It never has and it never will. And when its gets to a point where people may think it will work, it ends up in a mass execution of some sort.<\/p>\n
It is a cycle that repeats itself over and over again.<\/p>\n
The only reason why this happens is because as a whole, we are weak as a people.<\/p>\n
Most people live paycheck to paycheck.<\/p>\n
We have no savings in case we happen to fall on hard times. When this happens, we rely on others which puts us in debt to those who take care of us.<\/p>\n
We have weak families, when you look at most of the people that are on welfare, there is no strong core family involved. It is generally single mom’s with no father for the children.<\/p>\n
What I find even more interesting about this is that everything listed above is the… RULE!!<\/p>\n
It is a pattern that happens over and over again.<\/p>\n
So how do we break these rules?<\/p>\n
1. We need to turn to God.<\/strong> To be frank about this, there are no HUMAN answers to the problems that we face today or any day. God wants us to have Him central in our lives and when we do this, we become very conscious about how we treat each others. Whether we agree with what they do or not.<\/p>\n Jesus was asked,\u00a0\u00a0\u201cTeacher, which\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0the great commandment in the law?\u201d<\/p>\n Jesus said to him, \u201c\u00a0\u2018You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind”\u00a0This is\u00a0the<\/em>\u00a0first and great commandment.<\/em><\/p>\n And\u00a0the<\/em>\u00a0second\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0like it:\u00a0\u2018You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’\u00a0On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em>When we turn our back on God, we are no longer have the power of Divine providence.<\/p>\n 2. Know where you stand on the key issues.<\/strong> Where do you stand when it comes to helping others? Do you take responsibility for your own happiness or does your happiness come from others. Do you look at others and try to look for ways to serve them or do you look at others and look for ways that you get something out of them?<\/p>\n These are important questions to answer and if you do not feel that you are on the right side, you need to make those choses soon. Before it is too late.<\/p>\n 3. Prepare for the worse.<\/strong> Most people are not prepared. Think about recent events that just happened with Hurricane Irene. The grocery stores up and down the east coast were ravaged as if they would never open again. When you are prepared, you put yourself in a position to help those who did not prepare. The more people that are prepared, the more hands we have to help and this will also diffuse the need for a central power, who will not only help but will also look to enslave.<\/p>\n When you start to break the rules in the RIGHT way, you become a positive source of power that others will look too while becoming a positive example for others to follow as well.<\/p>\n Doing the right thing is not the easiest path, it requires us to make chooses that others are not willing to make but in the long run will put us right where we need to be.<\/p>\n As Always, Here’s to Your LifetoSuccess,<\/p>\n God Bless You,<\/p>\n John Clark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I like to pay close attention to what is going on in the world, and with the things that happening right now, I feel that we are going to be facing some very challenging times. Let’s take a look: ——— We have union leaders that are financially breaking companies, as well as state and local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,27,32,33,40,42,43,44,47,50,51,52,53,54,56,58,59,68,69,75,77,78,80,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-habits","category-breaking-bad-habits","category-business-opportunity","category-business-plan","category-business-success","category-career-success","category-coaching","category-communication-success","category-developing-good-habits","category-financial-success","category-fitness","category-good-habits","category-habit-breaking","category-health-fitness","category-health-and-diet","category-high-performance-living","category-improved-health","category-investing","category-job-interview","category-leadership","category-marketing-success","category-marriage-success","category-message-from-john-clark","category-money-saving-tips","category-relationship-success","category-sales-success","category-stress-management","category-success","category-success-coach","category-time-management","category-weight-loss"],"yoast_head":"\n