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Every morning, Mr. Cring takes a personal moment with his audience.
Today: Cring discusses how religion, politics, corporations and entertainment tell us the same lies.
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Sensitize … July 1st, 2020
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Every morning, Mr. Cring takes a personal moment with his audience.
Today: Cring reveals the three things agreed upon by religion, science, politics, corporations and entertainment–the mindset of America today.
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1 Thing You Can Do to Assist in the Climate Crisis
Stop Announcing the End of the World
It just isn’t sexy.
Dead polar bears, melting ice caps and flooding cities may be what you believe we’re heading toward, but it is not the way to get the attention of a human being.
We should have learned that by now.
Don’t you just hate listening to a librarian who complains that no one wants to read books anymore? You want to say, “Shut up. Entice me. Seduce me. Give me a little foreplay before you insert the old Shakespeare.”
How about a corporation which is constantly threatening to go bankrupt? It’s so bad that the employees talk to you about it as you check out with your purchases. Here’s a clue: go bankrupt or go big.
Stop complaining.
I, for one, am disgusted with political parties telling me that if the other side wins, hell will not only break loose, but will spill all over my coffee table.
- Tell me what you want to do.
- Tell me who you are.
- Tell the truth.
Let the chips fall where they may.
And finally, I would certainly think we should have learned from religion, which constantly squawks, like Chicken Little, that the “sky is falling” and “the devil done did it agin.” I can’t see the devil, so give me something I can fight.
Don’t ask me if I “believe in climate change.”
Don’t judge me on the degree to which I affirm your findings.
Find two things. Then tell me what I can do.
Encourage me with a massive message of (a) do what you know; and (b) do what you hear.
For if I’m on my way to doing what I know and I hear something I can apply to do better, I’m already motivated and in the correct lane to make the turn.
But if you argue policies to convince me that no matter what, we are doomed by 2030, I would like you to take all your pamphlets and books, go off by yourself and masturbate.
You don’t win people over by telling them it’s “impossible.”
You don’t engage people by making them feel guilty about “why they haven’t joined up already.”
Find two things we can do.
Then allow the human race to do what we know and as we grow, to do what we hear.
G-Poppers … February 12th, 2016
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G-Pop remembers when he bought a dog for his youngest son.
A trip to the rescue shelter, a scanning of canine candidates, and a selection of the family mutt–an animal with so many donors that breed identification was laughable.
The whole process, counting food and bowl, was $45. For that sum, a family friend was acquired, absent any pedigree.
Yet buried in the genetics of this pup was a little bit of hound.
The young son discovered this one night when he imitated a dog howling, and the mixed-up barker launched a woeful moaning into the air.
The dog resisted his inclination. He tried to refrain from being “nothin’ but a hound dog, cryin’ all the time.”
But eventually, the sound of hound came forth.
He was embarrassed.
Matter of fact, after the outburst, he drug himself from the room to reflect on his folly.
Just for the record, we are all mutts, too.
All us Americans.
We have so many breeds within that it would be impossible to find purity in any of us. And we’ve certainly got some hound.
Yes–there is much that hounds us:
- We are hounded by our selfishness.
- We are hounded by our fears.
- Certainly hounded by our sense of entitlement.
- And also, by our prejudices.
So politicians, ministers and corporations try to get us to release our disconsolate, mournful bay.
They tempt us to be mean and grouchy.
They lure us to our worst place, where we wallow in dissatisfaction, “the hound of hell.”
So then we whine. I do think we’re embarrassed by it–we want to run and hide because of our weaker nature taking over.
But shame on those who draw out the parts that hound us.
Our dog was noble, loyal and loving.
But sometimes, to establish our pleasure–and dominance–we made him howl like a hound.
G-Pop thinks it’s time for us to stop barking at the moon.
Matter of fact, maybe it’s time for all of us to find our better pooch.
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Three Ways to Avoid War… May 28th, 2015
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“War is hell.”
Actually, tracking down the origin of that quote is not very easy. Some people attribute it to General Sherman, from the Civil War. I think the people of Georgia would certainly agree that he brought the hell of war to their doorstep.
We have been programmed in this country to believe that to some extent, war is inevitable. We now have two holidays during the year when we commemorate those who have fallen in conflicts, and give them due honor.
Yet a voice of reason, insisting that war is to be avoided, is needed at this time in our history. It is not only patriotic, it is life-saving.
I will tell you–war is hell–whether fought in your living room, your work place, your church, your town, or nation against nation.
And there are three very strong profiles that can be taken to avoid war:
1. Don’t push your freedom.
If you have found something meaningful and beneficial to your life, don’t assume it’s your mission to evangelize it to the entire world–or even to insist that others are “lacking” because they don’t share your vision.
America does the world a disservice by contending that the seeds of democracy can be planted anywhere and grow a similar crop. It makes us come off as self-righteous.
In your own personal life, don’t insist that your principles are meant for general consumption. If people are interested in your philosophy or your freedom, they will let you know.
When you push your freedom, you incite war.
2. Don’t interfere in family arguments.
If you have two friends going through marital difficulties, don’t take sides. Matter of fact, refuse to–even if it initially makes them angry with you.
If you take sides and they reconcile, you will be the villain.
If they don’t reconcile, you have the opportunity to maintain relationship with both parties.
When will we finally understand that the situation in the Middle East is a family squabble? By taking sides, we deepen the conflict and increase the violence. We should stand prepared to support both sides–especially if they are working toward immediate reconciliation.
Taking sides increases the ferocity of the warfare.
3. Don’t let corporations dictate policy.
Corporations have one goal–to make money.
If corporations are deciding our foreign policy, then we are at the mercy of their bottom line instead of respecting the power of peace and keeping our free-standing army standing instead of falling.
The same thing is true in a family. Moms and Dads end up fighting with each other because they fall mercy to their bills, responsibilities and mortgages.
These are things you pay; they are not meant to prey on your sense of stability.
Corporations start wars to make money.
If you keep an eye on these three things you can avoid war.
So don’t force your freedom, take sides or let business decide policy. If you do this, you have a great chance to become a peace-maker.
Word has it…they are called the children of God.
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Three Ways to Avoid Politics … October 9, 2014
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I grow very weary of politicians who discuss voting blocks, demographics and pet projects.
In like manner, ministers perturb me when they wax eloquent about liturgy, communion, baptism and the history of the church bell.
Corporations which feel they have “pulsed the market,” finding a strategy for selling their products instead of pursuing improving their quality also leave me cold.
Politics is when any institution–or even individual–attempts to execute a plan instead of planning an execution for absurdity.
Yes, politics should be avoided at all cost or it will end up robbing you of a soul, which comes in handy.
Here are three ways to avoid this political morass:
1. Evaluate issues, not causes.
For instance, I’m against all killing. Because of that, the Republicans are often angry with me when I don’t jump on the Humvee to head off to war. The Democrats frown in my direction because I’m against abortion. I don’t care. I give myself the gift of consistency, affording me the blessing of avoiding hypocrisy.
2. Don’t be afraid to be wrong.
Every great idea should be trimmed in elastic. It will need to stretch to adjust itself to the needs of humanity.
- The Constitution is not written in stone. It has required many amendments and is not yet done breathing.
- The Bible must spiritually keep up with the changing needs of the hearts of men.
- And the movies should go back to moving us instead of shocking us.
I am often wrong. Matter of fact, one of my greatest joys in life is to say “I am wrong” before someone else discovers my dumbness.
3. Think about people instead of institutions.
I frustrate Republicans, Democrats, conservatives and liberals because I have just not found that any one of them has the ability to aid the cause of Earth without in some way digging in their heels and stopping a needful evolution.
You can feel free to be political, but eventually you’ll have to swallow something which is contrary to your soul, for the good of a cause that does not address the true nature of the need.
Not for me.
I am free.
My freedom was bought with a price.
And I have no intention of selling it to the highest bidder, nor joining a party which offers nothing refreshing.
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Turning Kids into Humans (Part 4) 3-6–Garden … September 8, 2014
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Let’s settle one major misconception–children are not born desiring video games, I-phones, Sesame Street, toys, candy and the latest fad or trend. They are coerced through advertising and peer pressure to pursue these products and attitudes by big-budget corporations which use their advertising dollars as efficiently as possible.
Don’t be paranoid but by the same token, be careful what media outlets you allow your children to watch or otherwise, you will suffer the backlash of cultural greed.
Now that you have a child who has gained speech, feet and knows where to poop, it’s a good idea to approach this young creature as a garden.
You’ve got to plant some corn and carrots.
I call it corn because most people in our time consider it to be “corny” to feel for others. Yet without this introspection, we are worse than animals gnawing on each other in the jungle, because we actually do have a brain with the capacity for empathy.
So rather than assuming that every child born in America is destined to want to play computer games, intervene and create a garden, where you plant corniness and generosity, allowing for healthier attitudes.
A suggestion: teach your children to share the sad and the happy. Put them in environments so they can understand that someone is sad and they should feel something about it. Likewise, when they run a race and lose, encourage them to do better next time, while you also insist that they rejoice with the winner.
They are not going to want to do this.
That is irrelevant. You made this person, and you have the keys to their soul until you turn them over at age eighteen and they become responsible for their own destiny.
Perhaps it is corny, but teach your children to cry for something other than the fact that they didn’t get a candy bar in the checkout line at Wal-Mart.
Alert them to the importance of being happy for others. There is no way to continually be happy if you only celebrate your own victories.
And finally, you should plant some carrots. Yes–teach them to “care about it.” Shall we put it under the banner of “share the wealth?”
Since it’s virtually impossible to bounce two balls at the same time, gently nudge or purposefully demand that your child share one with a friend, even if he or she does not immediately produce joy in their heart over the experience.
We’re planting a garden. From age 3-6 the soil is very fertile–and therefore also susceptible to weeds. And in our society, a weed is any belief that we must grab and run instead of nurture and share.
- Share the happy.
- Share the sad.
- Share the wealth.
Remember–they’re kids, not humans. You are in charge of their journey to discovering Eden by planting a garden within them.
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