Featured Article: Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

People always say, “Take Time to Smell The Roses”. It’s a common cliche, but what does it really mean? If it means that life goes by so fast, in an instant when you put it into perspective, that you need to slow down and think about what is really important in your life, then it has some real meaning. As, President Obama asked the world so eloquently last Sunday night in the Newtown High School auditorium, “Why are we here?” Yes, why are we here? Well, first of all, according to Nostradamus and The Mayans, we may not be here tomorrow. But, if we still are, you can read more about why we are here and what we need to do to stay here for as long as we can on this website that is here simply to stimulate your mind and make you think. There won’t be any political agenda, and there won’t be any hard line opinions. Our purpose is simply to get you to ask the most basic questions and try to explain the answers in a humorous way. In other words, to get you to THINK ABOUT IT!

A long, long time ago, this beautiful place we call Earth was created. Somewhere down the line life started to form in many ways. It started real small and then got much, much bigger. First we had just cells of life, then plants, and animals, and then dinosaurs, and eventually a thing known as Man. Many believe this planet of ours, and all that comes with it, was created by some great being. Some God they believe in who took six days to do his/her work and then took Sunday off to watch Football. Others believe in the theory of Evolution. Whatever you believe though, there is no denying that it hasn’t taken very long in the realm of time to create quite a mess. So, who’s to blame? Well, frankly everyone. All of us. But, what does placing blame on all of us or any of us really get us? It gets many people angry. And, when people get angry they release their anger in many ways, shapes, and forms. Others find compassion even in their darkest hour and hope that their compassion can bring others to find more compassion to the point where it becomes viral and just maybe because of it, the world will become a better place. Perhaps these people took time out in their lives to Smell the Roses. How else can you explain people who have just lost their most valuable asset; their precious little child who is not only a part of them, but sometimes their whole reason for being, due to some insanely horrific crime, yet still try to make sense of it and show compassion for those who took their loved one?  How else can you explain that? THINK ABOUT IT!

If we all took time out from our crazy, busy lives to stop and Smell The Roses each day, we’d probably find out some things about ourselves that we really didn’t know, and we’d probably end up showing more compassion for those who live around us, and with us, in this place we call home. Does it really pay to yell at a neighbor over a little dog that is barking when you need some sleep, or even worse to inflict harm on that person and that tiny little animal? Does it really pay to stop your car on the road and pull out a tire iron to threaten someone who cut you off on the road? Does it really pay to punch someone blindly in the back of the head and put them into a coma and inflict permanent brain damage simply because you didn’t like the Baseball Jersey he was wearing? Does it really pay to have a shitload of automatic weapons in your expensive and beautiful suburban home because you like to go to the shooting range or you really believe you need those weapons for protection? Does anything of this nature really pay? THINK ABOUT IT!

While you’re thinking about it, let’s hope the world doesn’t end today. If it does, it was nice knowing you for the time we got to spend together. If it doesn’t end today, let’s think about it some more tomorrow and smell some fresh roses.

Where Have All The Flowers Gone – Music and Lyrics by Pete Seeger