THE CHANGE - WHO DO YOU TRUST NOW? (Dec 2008)

Everyone has accepted that we are now living in a time of World-wide financial crisis, and we know that the crisis was created by greed – but where to from here?

What if the crisis just happened to your family instead of World-wide – let’s say Dads business collapses and Mom is made redundant. You get behind in the rent and you barely have enough to put food on the table – what do you do?

Everyone has been though tough times and it’s at times like this that you need to stick together, help one another and more importantly trust each other.  Most families can do that because the head of the family has shown over the years that he or she is capable and can be trusted to do the right thing – but what trust does a Country have in its leaders? Whom do you trust right now?

Over the years people, Companies and businesses have learnt to exaggerate and lie simply because it makes them more money, and although we are used to them we don’t really trust them. But the worst thing is that we have done nothing about it, learnt to accept it, and let it become the norm.

Have you noticed how most books are written by “The worlds number 1 best-selling Author”?     TV commercials twist the truth as much as they can to entice you to buy their product. New medicines claim superb cures but fail to point out the side effects - and the media will go to any lengths to create news. If some-one offers you something for nothing you automatically say “What is the catch?”…..so in a time of crisis when the head of the Country says it will all be OK, do we believe them?....the answer is no.

Last year a chain of English banks called Northern Rock had to ask the Bank of England for some extra cover to stay within the banking laws – just a minor shortfall and should not have been a problem, but just a few headlines in the papers “suggesting” there may be a problem caused a run on the bank that took 80% off its value in a matter of days…..because we didn’t trust

In September 2008 when the current financial crisis first started, it was fuelled by the media prophesying that there “could be” doom and gloom ahead, and “losses could be as high as” and “More Companies are expected to crash this week” and such like.…..and this all helps to make it happen. And it certainly happened in a big way.

So what we get is that we don’t trust the media or the Government, but when there is a problem we listen to their exaggerated claims and assume the worst.

Is this the right way to live? No – but it is our doing that created it………………….

We still buy newspapers with exaggerated headlines……….and do nothing.

We allow rainforests to be destroyed, Whales and Dolphins to be slaughtered, 40 000 children die every day from hunger………..and still we do nothing.

When an Earthquake kills thousands or a hurricane devastates an area we see it as “somewhere else” and not my problem.

There are of course the dedicated few that do take action and make a difference, but the majority of us by far do nothing.

So what happens next? We are in a downward financial spiral (not too important) but we are in a downward social spiral too, and this means that unless you think the right way (which all of our readers should) you will watch things get much much worse before they get better. What will make you trust the Countries leaders again? They must prove themselves, and when they do your energy will go towards them and make them stronger – that’s how it works.

Let’s look at 2 opposites – how do you feel about Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe, where atrocities occur every day? People dying of starvation, no food, no medical supplies, people beaten into submission - your energy towards him is probably one of anger, hatred and disgust…. and that is a negative energy you are sending him – and because of the way he thinks he uses that energy – remember “Like attracts like”

Then look at Barrack Obama – in a time of crisis he will be seen by many as someone who tells it as it is – and that is a solid foundation to create a leader that could lead the USA and strongly influence many Countries.  With a second term Obama should be President until 2016 – right through the change……that should make you think.

So here is the plan. The good guys have already started paving the way into the new era – just by THINKING THE RIGHT WAY, and doing the right thing.

The rest will continue down the social spiral until it hits the bottom, and only then will they be able to see both sides of the coin clearly and be able to start climbing back up the right way – with a new generation to help them.

2009 will see the difference between the good and the “misguided” widen much further - and you understand why.