Help people escape from Stepford.

I’m amazed by the number of people I come across who seem to not realize or value the importance of church and state.

If we keep our blinders on long enough they will be one & the same…

Interesting but sad conversations. I still wonder: Why do people fear Muslims? Just because they’re “not like us”...whatever that means.

Why are the 9/11 bombers – a few bad men and not even from Iraq – allowed to skew our perception of other Muslims?

Just pisses me off. How dumb are we? How unkind/uncaring?

Why is our patriotism becoming reflected in the crap that we wear or advertise…rather than who we are as individual Americans?

Saw slogan I like: “I love my country…but I think that we need to start seeing other people.”

Spent some time with a newer friend. Definitely from Stepford.

She is in my prayers. While having some significant lack of confidence issues, she is also struggling with issues w/ her teen & post-teen kids as well as personal health issues. Have been thinking about her a lot lately.

I wonder how much of this is brought on by her dominant, fundamentalist husband.

I want to corrupt her and help her find some fun/escape from it all! Sometimes getting out one’s inner urges helps ‘adjust’ us to the craziness of life!

Let’s all question authority and use our own common sense. (Yes, you can too.)

Why don’t we figure out how we’ll KNOW when we’ve “won” the war on terror? How will we know if/when we’ve accomplished the mission in Iraq? How in the hell we’re going to get out of this federal budget deficit?

It’s all real. And it’s time for us to care. And if you try not to think about it…it won’t just go away.

I serve on a committee with a woman from church. A kind woman, friendly & a good mother I’m sure.

But seems incapable of making an independent decision. Has a tough time talking about an issue bigger than what she cooked for dinner. I just can’t get use to this! I feel bad for her. Wonder how she was raised – the dynamic of her marriage. She doesn’t seem happy but it’s hard to tell; it’s all very superficial. Am reaching out to her but there has not been much connection yet.

Most of my friends, family have opinions make decisions (both good & bad!), are energy- & spirit-filled.

Act on what alarms you with this world. Make friends of different faiths/cultures. Step out on the edge. Allow yourself to be called. Take a stand!!