Turning 50 years old felt no different than turning 40. This aging thing was a piece of cake.
Then 60 happened.
The day was commemorated with an enjoyable celebration with family and friends.
But the next day brought sore feet and a slight pain in my lower back. Being 60 years old does not feel the same as being 50. Although I’m currently in relatively good health, my body is telling me what its future plans are for me. Physically, I’m beginning the great, gradual decline.
Steve Magness, author of, “Do Hard Things,” tells us, “When we name something, we exert power and control over it. We are saying, ‘I know what you are and how to handle you.’”
Aging, I know you’re here and what I must do. Although I’ve been mindful over the years to enjoy life the best I can, I will strive even harder now to live to the fullest.
Naming something gives it immediate attention and is the first step toward correcting course. Too often, dealing with reality is something we choose to put off or not think about.
It happens in politics, too.
Climate change elitists are telling the average American what they’re going to do to us. Just a few years ago, some of these ideas were considered laughable. We didn’t spend too much time thinking about it. We didn’t name it.
And now, because these green rulers have infiltrated influential, non-governmental organizations, state governments, and the Biden administration, some of these ridiculous notions are being seriously considered.
The World Economic Forum is touting the benefits of eating insects. Crickets, it states, are dense in protein and calories. Production of cricket protein uses fewer resources of land, water, transportation fuel, and human labor. It is estimated that we’ll have 10 billion people on the planet by 2050 and that eating insects could be a good source of protein for many.
However, climate change elitists won’t be letting cows go extinct. They’ll save those T-bone steaks for themselves. For the rest of us—crickets.
I’d rather have a T-bone. Or at least, a juicy cheeseburger.
The push for electric vehicles is outpacing the production of charging stations throughout the country. Efficiency in charging just isn’t there yet, either. An electric vehicle might get us about 200 miles down the road before we have to pull over and charge the battery for an hour. And that’s best-case scenario. You may have to first wait in line before you can wait for your vehicle to charge. These challenges haven’t stopped California from requiring all new vehicles sold in its state to be electric by 2035.
That’s not mobility freedom. That’s a leash.
Meanwhile, the green royal class won’t be giving up their private jets. They have important things to do. Like figure out how to stop the common people from using too many resources.
And our homes will be subjected to all kinds of regulations. Government intrusions will dictate which appliances we can buy and use. If there’s one thing the Biden administration is prolific at, it’s relentlessly pushing its green agenda right through our front door.
Home ownership will start to feel more like playing house.
But climate change elitists, living in mansions, will have access to on-demand energy resources.
Food. Transportation. Our homes. They’re telling us what they’re going to do to us.
We’ll be allowed to exist. Sort of like pets.
But they’ll tell us what we can eat, where we can go, and what we can own.
Most of us do desire to protect the environment, but the approach must be reasonable and fair to all.
A society composed of royalty and its subjects is something we did away with in 1776. Nobody misses it.
Except elitists. If they’re successful with this clever form of class warfare, the country could experience a great, gradual decline.
But there’s still time to make a course correction.
Name it, vocally push back on it, and vote this type of thinking out of office.
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