Fed Up

Mostly I get fed up with the way other people behave. And if you've been reading very many of my posts lately, you'll know that is my signal that I am fed up with some behavior of my own – like accommodating everyone else's expectations of me. Or better said, my expectations of what others expect of me – which sound shockingly like my expectations I either forgot or didn't realize that I expect of myself. And it's often about the little things in life. I expect myself to go to a party tonight because other people want me to. It's not that I don't love the people at the party, I do. It's that I have a time limit in what I want to get done, and this is the time I have to do it.

Fair enough. That's all on the personal level. What about the corporate/world level?  I have expectations of our government leaders, leaders in commerce, educational institutions, religious institutions, the law enforcement and judicial systems – not to mention the American Medical Association, the Center for Disease Control, the Federal Drug Administration, Big Pharma and the insurance industry. I have expectations of them all. I'm fed up with politicians in general, whether they are governmental or industrial. I want statesmen! I have expected our leaders to lead – to set the pace for holding a wholistic and realistic vision – one that respects human beings and holds them accountable; one that operates for the good of all, including our planet and all that it nourishes. I want that. I expect that.

I am fed up with the media that reports as many lurid stories as they can crunch into 15 minutes – the other 15 minutes being split between sports and weather. I've heard that good news doesn't 'sell.'

It would to me.

John Bradshaw once talked about the positive power of being fed up. It introduces change – in ourselves, in setting limits on others, as well as changing social paradigms. Yes, it starts with me respecting myself and all other human beings, holding myself and them accountable – including our leaders. It's time.