I Don't Care!

I give a great deal of concern to many things. I am concerned about HABITAT. Your habitat, my habitat, all humanities habitat . . . the habitat of animals such as the Red Cockaided Woodpecker, and the lowly Snail Darter. As our habitat increases . . . theirs shrink!!!

I have concerns about how people are treated around the World. Not only by their governments but by their community. The caste system of India, the Rommany Gypsies of Europe and even the Jews to this day are looked upon as pests to be exterminated, by many Nations.

My ability to speak out and dissent, in many countries, is limited at best. I can see THAT today happening in Pakistan where they have taken the dissentors and put them in prison. And more, we are seeing that dissent is being looked upon with a downward gaze right here in our own land. Dissent has been part of our culture since the beginning. Our country was established on DISSENT. Dissent IS patriotic. There are those that don’t want to hear your dissent. They have chosen to be DEAF.

Our constitution has been subrogated by definitions from those who do not hold our Country's best, in high regard. American Citizens, have suffered rendition from those same people. And we have had people in HIGH places that have turned away from their citizens and the constitution in order to better themselves. They have chosen to be BLIND and perform criminal activities.

More and more our World has become extremely intimate and more dependent on one another. There are those among us that want that to never happen, but it HAS, and it will continue. Some people believe that we, the United States, are autonomous and we don’t need anyone else to survive. Those same people are blind to the fact that we are no longer a productive country. And stand deaf to those that try to point it out. We have become a service oriented country, fixing what others manufacture.

More and more the middle class is shrinking. Very few of us are finding our way to the upper class. Most of us would like to stay right where we are. Smack in the middle. We don’t want to be wealthy, nor poor. But the more we pour GAS into our automobiles and nutrition into our bodies, the more we realize where the money flows. In fact MONEY is one of the few things in life that only flows uphill.

That is why WE have to care about some things. That is why we should have a covenant with each other. That is why we should say, . . . . .

“We, covenant to affirm and promote;

-The inherent worth and dignity of every person;

-Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;

-Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth;

-A free and responsible SEARCH for truth and meaning;

-The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our relationships and in society at large;

-The goal of World Community with peace, liberty and justice for all;

-Respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are just a part.”

ABOUT THESE THINGS . . .I CARE!

-----BUT----

There are a lot of things I just shouldn't care about . . .

IF YOU ARE BLACK . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE BROWN . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE ORANGE AND PURPLE WITH CHARTREUS POLKADOTS . . .I don’t care!

I SHOULD’T EVEN CARE IF YOU ARE PINK!

IF YOU ARE SHORT . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE TALL . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU’RE ARE NOT WEALTHY . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU’RE BALD . . .I don’t care!

IF YOU’RE HAIRY . . .I don’t care!

IF YOU HAVE A CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND. . .I don’t care!

IF YOU HAVE A JEWISH BACKGROUND. . . I don’t care!

IF YOU HAVE A BUDDHIST BACKGROUND . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE AN ATHEIST . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE AN AGNOSTIC . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO MEN . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO WOMEN . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO BOTH . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE CONSERVATIVE . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE LIBERAL . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE LEFT OR RIGHT HANDED . . . I don’t care!

IF YOU ARE A SOCIALIST . . . I don’t care!



There are so many things that I care about and many more that I just don’t care about, that I must never forget that unlike most, I must make my circle bigger and more inclusive. I must be open minded and free thinking.

I know I find myself pulling away when I encounter someone that might be DIFFERENT. I must learn to be more inclusive and I invite each of you to do the same.

Open up your eyes and open up your ears. Don’t choose to be blind or deaf. We have to open our hearts and our Spirituality to those who might have been turned away by others. We have to remember those things we do care about. And we have to remember to overlook those things to which we can say, “I DON’T CARE!”