this country in its present form is beyond redemption

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151. You Gotta Believe!

If the present form is the untrue myth of the 50-50,we shall soon be the 80-20 and render the 20 politically obsolete in the voting booth, so in a sense, the 50-50 (the present form) is non-redemptive indeed.

when one delves in negativity, there is no release.
When one moves forward with hope and optimism one is rewarded all the way around

Material items are NOT what life is about. Worrying that someone has more than someone else is amazingly unrewarding and
is indeed unredemtive in its totality The other man's grass is always greener.
In fact, worrying about what others have, indicates that one is only bothered that they don't have what the other has.
Why worry what someone else has. Happiness does not come with the largest house. Happiness is not the bank account.
Many a rich person has no one in their life to share it with. Many a poor person has unlimited number of great friends in their everyday life.
Eb. Scrooge was certainly rich. But he wasn't happy.

So much great in the world.

Yet, imagine if Dr. King didn't strive, if Teddy didn't dream, if FDR were told he couldn't, if LBJ had so big an ego he said
hell no he wouldn't be demeaned in a Vice President job then never getting the chance to change the world for the good of all as he did.
Imagine if Barack Obama said there wasn't anyway for someone like him to make it, therefore, why bother in the first place.

Hell would be attained if nobody bothered because mired in negativity, they figured why bother.

Why is it that in France they all drive smart cars, and here we drive stupid cars? SUV's and Vans, and Gas Guzzlers.
Could it be that having the biggest, widest, loudest car is not what the world is about?

Optimism and hope is contagious
Pessimism and negativity is also contagious

I opt for moving forward

I disavow instant gratification. All good things take time and hard work.
One doesn't build a jigsaw puzzle from the last piece, but from the first piece.

Nobody ever said life was suppose to be easy. That is a modern day phenom that never has happened in any generation prior to the current one.

When one falls off their horse, one dusts themselves up and gets back on it.

Imagine if Lincoln didn't bother. Imagine if Einstein and Edison didn't bother.
Imagine if Salk didn't bother.

Imagine if the roses didn't bother to bloom.
Imagine if the sun didn't bother to shine.

80-20.


The future can't be stopped, so hop aboard or be left at the station.
How quick one arrives at the next station though is up to the 20 throwing road blocks into the path in their belief that backward is better than forward.

Faith hope and love and believing are not just religious terms. They are life itself.
In believing all things are possible, it happens
In believing nothing is possible, nothing is what happens

As Tug McGraw (father of Tim McGraw), said back in 1973 "You gotta believe" and the NY Mets won the world series doing just that.
And now we are at that point ...we were mired in last place in 2008, now we are into Sept. of that fabled year in baseball

exactly 40 years later, to remind- from wiki-

Ya gotta believe! [edit]

Tug McGraw emerged as one of the top closers in the National League in the early 1970s, enjoying a career year in 1972. He was 3–3 with a 2.01 ERA and fifteen saves at the All-Star break to earn his first All-Star selection. McGraw pitched two innings, striking out four and giving up only one hit to earn the win in the NL's 4–3 come from behind victory.[14] For the season, McGraw went 8–6 with a 1.70 ERA, giving up just 71 hits in 106 innings pitched, and setting a Mets record with 27 saves that lasted until 1984.

Whereas 1973 wasn't as good a year statistically for McGraw, he may have been the most valuable player on the team for the leadership role he assumed for the league champions. The Mets had fallen into last place in the NL East, and had remained there through August 30. McGraw was the winning pitcher for the Mets on August 31 when the Mets emerged from last place with an extra innings victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.[15] The win improved McGraw's record to 2–6 with a 5.05 ERA.

For the remainder of the season, McGraw went 3–0 with a 0.57 ERA and ten saves. The Mets, meanwhile, went 20–8 from that point forward to pull off the stunning division title. Along the way, McGraw coined a popular rallying cry for the Mets, "Ya Gotta Believe!" He said the famous phrase when maybe only he believed the Mets could actually get to the World Series. But soon enough, hearing McGraw say it again and again, seeing him do his magic in the ninth, the Mets themselves came to believe. They pulled into first place on September 21 with a 10–2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates,[16] and clinched the division crown on the final day of the season. 17][18]

You Gotta Believe!