Control

Who is in control of YOUR life?  Most people may reason on that question as:   “That’s the dumbest question I’ve ever heard!  I’M in control of my life!”

     If we really spent the time necessary to consider our answer, is it REALLY true?  We would probably want to think that we make our own decisions.  NO ONE tells US what to do!  Hold on for a moment – we all know that probably isn’t true.  There is always SOMEONE who is influencing our thinking, our style of dress, or even our speech or other aspects of our lives.

     I am a child of the sixties.  That’s the 1960s if my grandchildren are reading this post, NOT the 1860s as they may want to think.  They believe I’m older than dirt, but that’s another story onto its self.

     In the sixties, we wanted to be radical – anti-establishment.  We wanted to dress a certain way and talk a certain way.  We even let our hair grow long in some type of protest.  The age of the flower child, drugs, rock n’ roll and who could forget Woodstock?

     However, we were all influenced by those FEW who were directing the strategies of the age.  And when we look at the young ones today: WHAT has changed?  There are those in sports and the entertainment industry who are still the major influencers on these young ones:  Who want to talk like them, dress like them and look like them.

     But us older ones can also be influenced.  Political and commercial elements of this world spend BILLIONS of dollars on advertising and other marketing strategies.  The means they use to influence the minds of people and to sway our lives as to how we spend our money or make decisions in other matters.

     No one can know for certain exactly what degree of influence is leveled upon us.  But it is probably more than we imagine, even more than we would admit.  It would perhaps be a surprise to each of us if we did know what amount of pressure was upon us each and every day!

     We should all work harder to make as sure as possible that WE control our own life.  But we will never know for a certainty if that is true or not!

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"The man who can control his tongue

can control ANYTHING!"