I am convinced that in order to change the world, we have to BEcome the change we want to see happen. It's a matter of refining your personal frequency so much that those around you take notice and begin to ask questions about what is different.
I work part-time in a national department store chain. In my position as a sales associate, I get to meet many types of people from all walks of life. Consequently, I find myself having various conversations throughout the day where societal values are discussed. It's interesting to gauge the thoughts of others as we all worth through this thing called life. I have been pleased to note that many of the memes that have kept us enslaved are beginning to be looked at and questioned.
For example, I had a conversation with a man within the past couple of days about the stock market. He made the statement, "I believe they are in control of what happens to it," after talking about the recent downswing. It pleased me to see that people are beginning to understand just how artificially manipulated things like the stock market are. I couldn't help but agree with him. Regardless of how brief the conversation was, the energy created by this exchange empowered both of us.
January is a notoriously slow month in retail because people are broke after Christmas. Having been in my present position for over five years now, I've noticed they have already cut employee hours back much more than in previous years. Usually the first week or two of January is still busy with returns and they have a little more staff on the floor to deal with it. The lack of staff now creates a lot of extra work that is just not getting done. I see this being played out in most stores I visit right now. Minimal staff being paid minimal wages adds up to big corporate profits. The corporations make out like bandits while the employees and customers get screwed.
On more than one occasion, I have pointed this out to various coworkers and customers. I will also include the idea that this state of affairs is our own fault. Why is this our fault and not the responsibility of corporate executives? It is our fault because we allow them to continue these practices without questioning them! Why do we allow them to make us work harder and harder without increasing our wages? Why do we allow them to not pay us living wages? Some of us are so programmed we even repeat their asinine arguments that "If they were to pay us living wages they would go out of business" or "We shouldn't really be complaining because, after all, we do have jobs!!!" Make no mistake. Our current programming is such that we have allowed the wealth to be redistributed from our own pockets and into the pockets of those who already have so much money and power they don't know what to do with it (except swindle us out of more). By questioning the status quo we help others see the need for change.
Changing our programming requires BEing the change first and asking questions second. In this way we heal our planet and help each other BEcome our own best selves.
~CSE
I work part-time in a national department store chain. In my position as a sales associate, I get to meet many types of people from all walks of life. Consequently, I find myself having various conversations throughout the day where societal values are discussed. It's interesting to gauge the thoughts of others as we all worth through this thing called life. I have been pleased to note that many of the memes that have kept us enslaved are beginning to be looked at and questioned.
For example, I had a conversation with a man within the past couple of days about the stock market. He made the statement, "I believe they are in control of what happens to it," after talking about the recent downswing. It pleased me to see that people are beginning to understand just how artificially manipulated things like the stock market are. I couldn't help but agree with him. Regardless of how brief the conversation was, the energy created by this exchange empowered both of us.
January is a notoriously slow month in retail because people are broke after Christmas. Having been in my present position for over five years now, I've noticed they have already cut employee hours back much more than in previous years. Usually the first week or two of January is still busy with returns and they have a little more staff on the floor to deal with it. The lack of staff now creates a lot of extra work that is just not getting done. I see this being played out in most stores I visit right now. Minimal staff being paid minimal wages adds up to big corporate profits. The corporations make out like bandits while the employees and customers get screwed.
On more than one occasion, I have pointed this out to various coworkers and customers. I will also include the idea that this state of affairs is our own fault. Why is this our fault and not the responsibility of corporate executives? It is our fault because we allow them to continue these practices without questioning them! Why do we allow them to make us work harder and harder without increasing our wages? Why do we allow them to not pay us living wages? Some of us are so programmed we even repeat their asinine arguments that "If they were to pay us living wages they would go out of business" or "We shouldn't really be complaining because, after all, we do have jobs!!!" Make no mistake. Our current programming is such that we have allowed the wealth to be redistributed from our own pockets and into the pockets of those who already have so much money and power they don't know what to do with it (except swindle us out of more). By questioning the status quo we help others see the need for change.
Changing our programming requires BEing the change first and asking questions second. In this way we heal our planet and help each other BEcome our own best selves.
~CSE
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