Free speech or not?

Now that Elon musk bought Twitter, the progressives are going apoplectic.

When did we become afraid of free speech? I think I have a clue. I sold school books for 20 years. I must have attended 400 or so education conventions at various levels. There was a disturbing trend that I noticed during that time. That was the teachers' organizations began demonizing the religious right as censors of the worst kind. So they put out materials and weapons to fight the censorship they feared.

Hollywood was called upon to do the left's bidding, as it has become one of their house-organs. Remember the Field of Dreams scene where they engaged in a fight over Cather in the Rye being banned from the school library. But unfortunately, the media, the leftist lap-dog, also followed their marching orders and ran story after story of right-wing attempts to "burn books." 

In the meantime, when everyone was focused on the "censorship" issue, the education establishment was hell-bent on pushing "political correctness." P.C., which in effect is censorship, but when you paint yourselves as the sole defenders of free speech, you can turn around and do the opposite and deflect criticism. 

The educated, or more to the point, indoctrinated this generation of progressives who want to stifle and silence any speech they disapprove of hearing. Cancel culture was bred in the halls of academia and pushed down our throats by the willing servants they call "teachers" in the Public Schools. 

Gobles would be proud of the way they pulled this off. One book they didn't ban was Saul Alinsky's Handbook for Radicals. Instead, they used this as a how-to manual. 

Hey folks, let's make Orwells 1984 book fiction again! Then, maybe we can even get back to the days when you could actually agree with the 1rst and 14th Amendments to the constitution. 

Time management tips: Rest

I was reading a classic Christian book called " Decision Making and the Will of God: A Biblical Alternative to the Traditional View Paperback – August 11, 2004 by Garry Friesen  (Author), J. Robin Maxson  (Author)."

In one chapter in particular, On "Wisdom for Decision Making," he relates the story of the Hokema Woodcutter. Woodcutter story

The bottom line is that you can get more done by keeping the saw sharp. One of the central habits in the premier book on time management is Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. 

If you think the human body can work at peak efficiency 24/7 365, you are going to crash and burn. Your work will diminish exponentially without time to recharge. 

The Bible principle of Sabbath can still be effective even though it's not a law for today's believers. The rest and reflection is always a good thing to do.  

If you can't find any time to rest call us at Your Office SOS for a consultation and we'll show you how we can give you your time back in an affordable way. 

Pick up the phone

What happened to just picking up the telephone and having a conversation? Instead, I get DM's, PM's, text msgs, chat boxes, emails, pop-up msgs, and more. All are trying to communicate something. Yet, most of the time these communications can be handled much more effectively with just a simple phone call. 

Yes, I am old school. But still, I have bounced back and forth, struggling to communicate what a 2-minute phone conversation would efficiently suffice.

If I am busy, we have a thing called voicemail that works just fine. Yes, it's not the latest gizmo, but it handles the task well. 

Let's not throw out all the communication as mentioned earlier, but make more use of the good old phone call. 

Personal responsibility

Personal responsibility is a throwback to a tip gone long ago. I don't know precisely how long ago we as a society relinquished taking accountability for our own actions and behavior. Instead, it seems we outsourced personal responsibility to some third party. 

Everyone wants to blame every problem, sin, and attitude on sometZoutsdie themselves. Victim culture, granny government, and eroding values in our public schools are a factor for sure. But the most significant fault lies in our churches. American Christianity has mimicked the world when it was forbidden not to by its founder, Jesus Christ. Telling folks it's not you who is the problem and directing them away from taking personal responsibility is not what the Bible says. 

Oh well, if you don't like my blog post, blame my wife.