It’s a little sad that the comments I see here invariably lack relevance. I rather see flames or derision than an oblique post that makes you wonder if the reader even saw the piece they’re leaving a comment about, no matter how nice they appear. My suspicion is that it’s a new form of spam, and I’m beginning to suspect that a large percentage of the comments I’ve neglected to approve were generated by bots, perhaps crafted to drive some hit ratio up on a linked site. I guess that with the millions of blogs out there, the odds of a real human finding my trivial little site is next to nothing, so spam-bots are about all I should expect to see. I guess that it takes relevance to generate relevance. Have I said anything that would speak to the human condition or offer a solution to the problems that confront my cohabitants of planet earth? Probably not. Do I have opinions? Sure. Many of my problems have been directly related to my perspective. The folks I see day and day out have choices. We can isolate from our fellow man and our Higher Power, or we can choose to engage with reality and be a channel for our HP’s love.

The choices we make can shape the planet for the better or propagate its problems.  Accepting the status quo and failing to speak out against what’s wrong in society is a choice, and it’s one I’ve made far too often.  We have problems, and the loving thing to do is to point them out, not ignore them, hoping they’ll go away.  There is a machine in motion that counts on our sleepy acceptance that they’re nothing we can do about injustice, suffering and the plight of the environment.  The status quo is very profitable to a very few, but endangers the survival of our species.  The only way to change the status quo is to influence our institutions though our choices.  The way that works with our political institutions is obvious.  We express our views and vote with ballots.  Commerce and industry take their ques from the demand of the consumer.  We vote with our checkbooks.  Our religious institutions are empowered by their parishioners.  We vote with our attendance and our financial support.  The keys are having the desire to understand the issues, doing the research, making a choice and voting your heart.  And that’s *all* about relevance.