“If I have to beat you up to keep you safe, that’s just what I’ll do. It’s this kind of regard for others that makes me believe I’d be a good politician.” ~ Jarod Kintz

These are trying times, to be sure. Thanks in large part to the internet, there has been a dramatic increase in transparency of late — a lifting of the veil that had previously covered the corruption & malevolence of our world’s political “leaders”. And this awakening has not been limited solely to 2nd & 3rd World nations like Iran & Turkey & Brazil.

No, the United States has now taken center stage in this passion play of perdition … That the American government is patently corrupt and non-functioning has been clear to many for a number of years.

*American bankers swindled millions from the poor and then got bailed out instead of prosecuted …

*Drones are murdering innocent civilians abroad and are now even buzzing over innocent civilians at home …

*Politicians regularly pass laws that “coincidentally” benefit themselves & their loved ones …

*American soldiers are sent to kill and to die for corporate profits …

*Monsanto has purchased enough political pull to brazenly ruin the American food supply …

*The NSA has been aggressively spying on 1st World citizens …

*and laws have been passed in the last few years that classify peaceful protesters as “threats to national security”.

The more we wake up and look around, the more we can all awaken to the Truth:
Big Brother is not merely on his way … Big Brother has already arrived.

And this can be quite a depressing thought.  After all, what are we to do against a political machine that has already been purchased and is already being manipulated by the few to control the many? What can we do against a government that already possesses most of the money and already controls most of the guns? What can we do when our protests are either blatantly ignored or superficially placated?

And more poignantly for many: What will we be able to do when things get worse?

What will we be able to do when Big Brother stops merely hovering nearby and comes right into our homes?

What will we be able to do when the rights & freedoms we have so long treasured are whittled down to next to nothing?

Well, I’m here to provide a key to your liberation — to remind you of a few Truths that Big Brother doesn’t want you to remember. And by far the most important of these Truths is the following:

While the government might exercise more & more control over our lives, NO GOVERNMENT HAS POWER OVER THE QUALITY OF OUR LIVING.

Indeed, there are eleven Inalienable Rights that every human has at their disposal — eleven Freedoms that are always accessible, to every man & woman & child in every society on the planet; in every democracy, and in every dictatorship; allowances that can never be taken from us, no matter what “they” do to us, and no matter what “they” don’t do for us.

All that remains is for each of us to remember these Rights … and then begin to actively enliven them.

So without further ado, the Inalienable Eleven …

Right #01: the Right to HAPPINESS

It is critical to remember that, no matter what happens to you — no matter how bad it gets or how poorly your government is treating you, it is you & you alone who determines your level of appreciation for your life. It is you & you alone who determines how Happy you are.

As we all innately comprehend from birth, true Happiness comes not when things are going well for us or when we are surrounded by friends or when we are immersed in times of fun & pleasure (though these are fine times, to be sure). No, true Happiness comes to us all only in those moments when we are in pain and yet choose to reach out to another anyway; when we are exhausted and yet choose to be amazed by life’s innate Beauty anyway; when we are attacked and yet choose to be grateful for life anyway; when our rights are abused & we are treated unfairly … and yet we choose to live Joy-fully anyway.

Big Brother might control our bank accounts and our jobs and our homes and even our physical liberties, and yet Big Brother can never take away our Right to live in Happiness. Opportunities to remember Love & Wonder & Gratitude & Joy will forever rain gently down upon all our moments. They are indestructible facets of Reality, and cannot ever be taken from us.

Yes, our governments and their massive depression dispensers (their greed-laced laws, their GMO-laced foods & their fear-laced TV programs) will continue to place the “protective” umbrella of anxiety & hopelessness over our heads.

AND YET, all that is required to free ourselves from their grasp is to set that umbrella aside …

… and step out into the Caring rain.

May we have the humility to remember this Truth as our days grow darker;
And may we have the courage to use this Truth to help brighten that darkness.

Amen …

“People are as Happy as they make up their minds to be.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

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