Social media promotes good deed. Part I

Good deeds are on the rise and reaching new heights and magnitude. There is no limit to it, not even the sky.  It is scraping right through the clouds and merging and disappearing onto the  horizon.  "All because of SOCIAL MEDIA."

Just imagine, what a fine job social media is doing.  It is inspiring,  promoting, motivating, encouraging good deeds like nothing ever did.  No personality, no book, no movie could do this important job of boosting humanity, kindness, charitable  work, the way social media can do.  

Social media advertises what is about to happen,  shows it live when it is happening and keeps applauding  after it has happened.   How spectacular!    

Social media displays our good deeds, kind heart and generosity, so much so that we can't wait to do something more. What an amazing role of social media !

Every day we have new plans of being good, very good and extra good so that we can be caught doing good.  Fantastic!

Good deedsand social media are so inter-linked.  If not because of social media,  good deeds would be rare and microscopic. 

GOOD JOB SOCIAL MEDIA.  KEEP IT UP!

Trick of Confidence!

A con artist is an individual who seeks to gain others' confidence in order to accomplish a specific motive. Con artists are usually associated with swindlers, as they often employ deception and dishonest tactics to attain what they seek, be it money, access to another individual's home, or material possessions. 

Although many of us are repulsed by their flagrant dishonesty and apparent lack of conscience, we continue to be allured by them, not only succumbing to their schemes as direct victims, yet also viewing them with a sense of awe. Although no one wishes to be conned nor decieved, we are perpetually mesmerized by a con artist's intelligence and gracefully adroit exercise of charisma to diminish the better judgement of even the most skeptical individuals. 

Despite this fascination, no one enjoys being deceived, and hence con artists are often reviled once their ruses are discovered and there victims left hurt, empty and vulnerable. Perhaps con artists are disdained since they are envied, since in a world sustained by persuaion, and instictual intelligence they have managed to surive in a manner in which most of us can only dream. 

Perpahs we despise con artists for the same reason that we are allured by them initially, since they convince us to grant them access beyond our inhibitions and reservations to reach our trust, that intimate place in our hearts that we only ever allow few to inhabit.

 In a world of emotional distance and seemingly insurmountable boundaries, we simultaneously revile and laud con artists for seeming to reach and touch us intimately, in a manner that we never expected and never dared to hope. 

Con artists leave us feeling vulnerable, violated and exposed, yet they also remind us of our collective humanity and how accessible we truly are to one another.

Time is crippling us?

As time is advancing, we are falling behind.  Look what technology has done to us? It is unbelievable!

With new methodology and techniques we are supposed to be more developed, advance, independent and fast.  But is it so?  We are actually traveling backward.  

We are much more dependent than we used to be.  We cannot do anything on our own...... anymore.  We are just relying so much on the internet, google, wifi and iphones that with the absence of any one of these we feel "h-e-l-p-l-e-s-s."  We lose our way, we lose our minds. We cannot wish or greet anyone, (we text),  we do not cook or clean, (we order on line....we are too busy to clean), we cannot get up on our own, (we set alarms for every little nap we take),  we do not remember dates, (we mark our calendars), we cannot put two and two together, (we use calculators). We can do nothing on our own.  

What has life come to?  We are out of touch even with the people we live with.  We see them and contact them on social media?  Deplorable!  Absolutely!  

All that we used to do on our own, that which had a personal touch, that which kept us physically and mentally active and alive are GONE!  We are now clinging.......hanging on to technology.  We cannot anymore do things on our own.  We have no ability to think, remember or decide.  The internet does it all for us.

So, where is the advancement?   Where is technology taking us, if not pushing us behind everyday.  Did not we do all this with greater interest and vigor  when there was no internet?  Did not we waste less time before the internet got on our way?  Did we not take out the time to wish and greet with a card or telephone call instead of texting the abbreviations.   We wish our own family members while driving or riding an elevator!  How ludicrous!  

We have lost our freedom,  our abilities, relationships, feelings and even our minds and conscience.   All because of internet.  What are we,  robots who need to be activated and shut down?  Nothing else?

More Than History

History is not a dull subject, contrary to what you or some of your friends may have believed during high school. Nonetheless, if you live in South Florida, particularly in Broward County, the history of your hometown might seem uninteresting, repeatative and even arbitrary. Instead of being founded by bold pilgrims willing to starve to death for the freedom to celebrate Thanksgiving in November, or by bold attractive generals with compelling quotes, many of the cities in Florida were founded since a rich person, often a land developer or hotel entrepreneur, thought "Hmmm.... this wouldn't be a bad place to start building things."
The above is a dramatic simplification, of course, but it conveys how difficult it can be to celebrate your hometown's history when it only exists since businessmen of the near past imagined it as a profitable business venture. Although such decisions and beliefs may discourage emotional investment from others, they become much more interesting when considered in the context of the events from their time.
Many developers and investors moved to Florida after all the territory in the American West had been claimed and settled on. After this occurred, the only place left to settle was Florida, which was primarily swampland and marshes and mosquito territory. Despite these environmental challenges, people decided to settle in Florida, continuing the American tradition of exploring new frontiers and transforming strange, often intimidating landscapes into home. After some difficulty, land developers learned how to drain the swamp land and the territory of mosquitoes and marshes became sights of hotels, theme parks and lucrative real estate ventures.
Although these cities seem to exist as the result of the whims of a small number of businessmen, their decisions had a tremendous impact upon the area we in South Florida see as home. These decisions have contributed to South Florida's lucrative tourism and real estate industries, which provide many with their livlihoods, and its ability to attract people not only from around the United States, yet also from around the world. These decisions have also contributes to the utter devastation of the Everglades and much of South Florida's ecosystems, as many species lost their homes and their ways of life when the new settlers arrived.
The story of South Florida is ultimately not one of rich people seeking to make a profit, but of all the people whose lives have been impacted by those decisions. It is the story of all those who claim South Florida to be there home, those who decided to and ultimately did, settle there and establish families. South Florida's history can be found in its shopping malls, its courthouses, its beaches, its schools and even in its country clubs and charitable organizations. The true history of South Florida is a story of people's decisions about where to settle, what they value and how to attain it, essentially a narrative of creating home from the wilderness. This story is not unique to South Florida and pertains to our entire species, the choices we made about our lives, and how we confront the consequences of these choices, positive and negative, as we live our lives and continue to make choices.

Oceans Between Us

The notions that each of us are separated from each other by vast, often insurmountable oceans often breaks my heart. No matter how hard we try or how much we care, we cannot and will not ever truly know how someone else may feel, nor may anyone ever completely comprehend how we feel. Even the most articulate, adroit communicators, the most charismatic speakers and expressionistic artists will never completely seal the gaps between us, as because of these gaps, we never can truly say that we know others like we know ourselves.

Although these boundaries are tragic, they may also be liberating. Our separation from each others prevents our pain from enveloping and consuming those we love, and it prevents others from seeing us at our worst. Our decision not to indulge too intently into each others' personal lives is not entirely one of selfishness, retisence or arrogance. It rather is also a display of respect, an acknowledgement that you will not be judged by your difficulties or your flaws, and that you are under no obligation to share anything with me that you don't want to. Contrary to what we may be inclined to believe, this perspective encourages sharing by allowing us to chose when, how and whether we share and with whom we share. It enables social interaction to be mandatory but voluntary, and even consentual, since people are the most effectively able to communicate when they chose to do so and in an enviromnment in which they feel safe and comfortable. 


We will never transcend the oceans that separate us, never touch the horizons that tantilizingly linger in an unattainable distance. But, we can listen, not demand, but accept, share and avoid passing judgement. This will not ease the distance between us, yet it will at least be a step in our attempt to access and connect to people, experiences and beliefs different from us, yet by no means insigificant.

Worries. For what?

Worries!  So worried!  Very worried!  "FOR NOTHING!"

Nothing is worth worrying for. What has to happen WILL happen  and our worrying about it is not going to change anything.   Sometimes we worry about things that will never happen.   But what to do?  We have fallen into the habit of worrying.  We worry for no reason and sometimes we even invent reasons to worry.  But worry we must!  It is so necessary.   

But what is worry?  Let us take a closer look at it.  
Yes it is a five letter word.  It starts with W, which is also the start of the word weight.  So here is a definition for worry.  Worry weighs us down.  Worry is a cloak that descends on our weak shoulders.  There you go!  Weak also starts with the letter W.  Worry weakens us.  Weighs us down.  The more we bend down with the cloak of worry,  the more it piles on us until we are unders layers of cloaks.  That's not it, there is more.  

Worries are iron shackles around our ankles and restrict our movements.   While we are already weighed down with cloaks, we are also tied up with chains.  We are helpless.  We CANNOT move forward and carry on with our lives.  We are just so worried.

Wait a minute!  Did it help us in any way?  Did it change anything for us?  Oh yes it did.  It slowed us down.  It stressed us out.  But led us nowhere.   It made us stand still while all the opportunities passed by us.  

Still worried?  Do not worry but hurry up and catch up with the journey of life.  A lot is awaiting us.  Let not worry stop us and block us.

Arguments.....its endless!

When it all boils down to an argument........STOP!  It is time to walk away. Yes walk away.  Nothing, absolutely nothing is worth an argument.....any argument.

Arguments are endless disagreements which get bitter and ugly and end in enmity and become grudges and vengeance and end into a dirty pile of regrets.  

The more one indulges in argument,  the more it ignites the fire and urge to argue.  It smoulders into a habit and soars into addiction.  It becomes part of personality.   

Now what!  There comes a time when  argumentation plays its toll and leads to isolation.   There is no one to argue with. There is no tolerance.   All there is left is the inability to get out from this habit.

Arguments lead us NOWHERE.  So don't start it.  When its get argumentative,  make a quick decision to quit.  Yes!  
"JUST WALK AWAY!"  Save your precious time for something worthwhile.