Don't Make Me Repeat This, Please!

                    "Those who do not learn from the past, are condemned to repeat it." 

   This is one of my favorite quotes. It suggests, appropriately, that in life's roller-coaster adventure ride, if we fail to acknowledge our various experiences, commit them to memory and utilize what we learned in our future decision-making processes, that we will continually relive particular life events with the identical outcome each time. 

   If, for some reason, no matter what that reason may be, we do not recognize an event, evaluate it, dissect it for informative value and then store it to memory for later use, then at some point in the future we will be forced to re-live both the good and bad aspects of similar events. 

   On the other hand, when we properly observe our daily struggle, both the actions and reactions of ourselves and those around us and we take notice of and remember the positive and negative qualities of each event experienced, no matter how trivial, then we can make decisions more likely to have positive results in the future. 

   As easy of a task this may appear as, it has proven itself to be a quality that has eluded the thinking capacity for many of our species since the dawn of time. Instinctively, we know that when you stick your hand in a fire it hurts, and you no longer desire to put your hand there. When you hit yourself with a rock, or stab yourself with a knife, or go out in the snow naked, you realize immediately the undesirable results of these actions. And you don't repeat them. 

   For reasons unknown, there are many of us who fail to engage this seemingly simple step in our daily existence. Examples are abundant, the woman who chooses men that abuse her. The substance abuser, the chronic gambler, the list is endless.

    I'm sure for a great many of the people , there lies an emotional event in their history that stifles the learning effect. Preferring instead to bury unpleasant memories, I'm not addressing those individuals now. 

   The people that I'm attempting to relate to now are, for the most part, probably not even aware of the consequences involved in their behavior. I can list a number of subjects that would benefit from greater participation  of the human race, but my focus today is on getting people to make a determined effort to see beyond the day-to-day lives we lead and involve yourself in the events of the world. Especially the events taking place here in America. 

   The current political condition we are experiencing needs fixing badly. Whether you are a Republican, a Democrat or an Independent makes no difference. We need to act now. Apathy is a disease that can kill even a great country such as our own.

    If we all look at the past, learn from it and involve ourselves into standing up for what our history has shown us is the right path, and to reject what has proven to be our failures and to pay attention to those we give authority, holding their feet to the fire, then we will not only save our great nation from its spiraling free fall from grace, but we will ensure the continuation of America being the greatest nation on Earth. 

   We are not powerless, and we can force those that try to repress us out of office, and replace them with those who would represent our true beliefs and desires. You don't have to get on a demonstration line to participate, but what we all need to do is study the past. Lose the apathy and voice your Constitutional rights be upheld and cherished the way our forefathers intended.

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