I have not been around here for a while, and perhaps this is why I
immediately notice, and with 'shock' I admit, how consistently
negative some people are around here.
They criticize those who express their gratitude, and happiness, and
joy about Obama. They call 'us' deluded, and our thinking 'not based
in reality'.
'We' supposedly think that Obama is GOD reincarnated; we idealize him; we
naively believe in the same bullshit we have heard from Bush, namely,
the same words'.
'If we were only to look at reality, like them, it would be
clear that no change is coming, or going. Obama has not even started,
and we already are carried away by Hope? What Idiots!'
The critics, and who are most often extreme 'lefties', believe that the mind alone is the ultimate source of power, knowledge and judgement
They don't understand how 'we', the ones whose' hearts are laughing
at this moment in time, can be so superficial; how we can believe all
the promises, and this crap about hope and change, when we should
have learned our lesson from Bush, and who deceived so many.
Plus,
can't we see the world is crumbling? Are we blind? How can 'we' be
happy when everything is truly bad?
No, we are not blind, and it is possible to combine joy with living
in a 'bad world' without suffering from cognitive dissonance.
I
personally don't believe much in words myself. That is, the words
spoken alone tell me absolutely nothing about whether they are the
truth or a lie, or if they are said by a crook or an honest, real
person.
Something like 98% of all communication happens on a non verbal level.
I have not seen any research about this topic, but my own experience
tells me, that this non verbal communication is not limited to taking
place when you share the same room with another person. This type of
communication, and/or everything that operates beyond words also
applies to communicating on line, and even when you cannot see the
person, but also when you watch them on TV.
What makes me trust Obama is not his words alone by far. It's not
even about what I believe, or not believe in about what he says. It's
about what I know to be true, and not.
The truth comes out over and over again in the simplest gestures, and
Obama did not only start yesterday. Obama has not done anything yet? (a lot of people say?) He has been doing, and revealing himself, all along.
A simple gesture like the following as an example.
We know both Bush and Obama are Christians, right?
Bush demonstratively announces all about his faith, and his reborn
status. He places his right hand on the Bible when sworn into office.
On the other hand, with Obama we first had to follow all this really
inconvenient stuff about his relationship with Pastor Wright, right?
Was that suspicious? I thought it revealed quite the opposite about
Obama's decency. (A major example, and validation of how Obama deals with issues as he faces them)
And then, when sworn in by Justice Roberts for the second time at the White House, Obama
doesn't place his hand on the Bible, but he raises his arm instead.
He lets us know that he trusts himself, and he does not hold GOD
responsible.
The smallest gestures tell the world apart.
