Sometimes, I think “they” think we’re a bunch of nutcakes! How about feebleminded, do nothing, know nothing, and accept anything as truth when we see things are just not right!
But “they” keep saying, “Yes, everything is okay” and you keep floating along saying, “Well, I’m just going to wait and see when the steam roller runs over me then I know they’ve been lying to me! I was right all along!”
But I was afraid to speak out or change my mind because I might lose a few friends or because I started thinking rationally and stopped “going along to get along.” How do “they” do that? Do what? How do “they” keep lying to me and I accept it?
Well, for one thing “they” think things over for years; it festers for years (experimenting, exploring) before or until it’s time to present the real picture. “They” don’t just come up with a lie all of a sudden.
“They” plan and plot it. “They” let it lie secretly and hide it. They plan, plot and scheme beforehand until time for the unveiling. Then “they” let the secret out until at which time “they” can announce it joyfully (or failing) and forget all about the hurt which can be done for the masses and millions of people who have been waiting and hoping for a groundbreaking great experience!
And by the way, “Who are “they?” You can fill in the blanks for yourself. For starters, you can look around you. “They” are not strangers. They are the very ones who have been inching up close to you. Since “they” are close to you, you find “they” can’t be trusted.
But you thought “they” could be trusted. Your heart is broken! They took all your savings (whether love or money) and vanished without a trace! Is this real? Yup. It happens to people. I am still wondering what happened to the homeless people who are cleaned up overnight – them and their stuff?
How about all those people on the “border?” What about it appears “they” want Black people to give up all their guns! Says who? How about schools closing down where mostly African Americans and Latinos attend? How about the increasing violence and vandalism with no respect for authority or other people’s property? Who dunnit?”
Who’s allowing it? Is it “they” or is it “them?” Somebody’s making it happen.
Thanks for reading! Jeanette Grattan Parker is the founder-superintendent of Today’s Fresh Start Charter School, 4514 Crenshaw Boulevard, L.A. 90043, 323-293-9826, www.todaysfreshstart.org, (Ask Dr. Jeanette TM) “Inquiring Minds Want to Know.” All articles are copyright. All rights reserved © Errors? Or Questions? Please let me know. Join Sundays for music and message at 11:30 a.m. by calling (712) 775-8971, code 266751. References: The Holy Bible.
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