Factor # 3 - Responsible Freedom Includes The Freedom To Dream Of Ideals
Dream of the best things to happen in your life. But be ready to face realities. Imperfect life only means we need to do something to change towards perfection. How about starting with the SELF first and then striving to influence others to similarly improve by correcting their mistakes also ? In fact, this is the way it should be. We start with ourselves. Then we can just hope to influence others to do the right things that should be done, perhaps by calling their attention whenever we see that righteousness is being set aside in favor of the wrong values.
Perhaps we have been fortunate for the past 3 to 4 decades, because the turn of events favored a stop to the Cold War and the Nuclear Arms Race. I said "perhaps" due to the element of uncertainty, if we consider that Iran and North Korea have been developing their Nuclear facilities even up to the present time. But the tension has not been as much as it used to be way back in the past. All nations, specially the rich nations -- highly industrialized countries like America and Europe, will be losers if and when a Nuclear Holocaust burns down every beautiful accomplishment of past generations. It would be the wrong use of great power never before experienced by mankind, at a time when some people say there is a shortage in sources of energy. We dream of a time when all households will have very low cost of power. Most people will have vehicles powered by cheap energy source. This can happen if we set the right leaders who will care for the welfare of the general public rather than plunder the means of government to provide for law and order in a society.
Instead of worrying about what might be, why not dream of what can be. There should be those who have been given the job of securing this world against evil elements, those who think of certain ways of preventing proliferation of nuclear arms, even while it is possible to utilize nuclear facilities to provide adequate source of energy.
Why worry about another type of major problem like obesity among 60 % of women in the USA or a growing population of unhealthy bodies ? Proceed to knowing what it will take to stop the onset of increasing unwanted fats. Then do what should be done to change your eating habits, change a dormant lifestyle, change the recipes of your meals. Dream of knowing and successfully practicing the necessary actions to overcome the weaknesses in health maintenance at home, in places of work, and anywhere you go. Habits can be developed after a determination to do what should be done. Get the habit of regularly exercising to burn fats. I personally found the need to control my desire to achieve certain objectives at a shorter time in order to give time for exercises, rest, and recovery, believing that health is a greater value than accomplishments that can be delayed. Money or other forms of rewards cannot buy the best health that one can have. This becomes obvious when the body is hospitalized.
Those who have grown somewhat old discover how life can be so short. So they experience the stress of old age, wanting to do a lot more in order to realize goals that have not yet been reached in their lifetime. Aging becomes a problem for them. Is there not the good news of Anti-aging ? If only the older generation will open their minds to the scientific advancements of our world, they will discover some ways to overcome aging with anti-aging solutions for longer life. The latest reported how we can look and feel younger by 25 years.
Among the recommended steps include a stop to smoking, excessive alcoholic drinks, excessive carbohydrates and sugar-rich foodstuff, and a preference for herbs or vegetables and fruits. Bad Cholesterol ( like those in Pork, Beef, and other meat products ) should be avoided. And there are many more ways to stop or slow down, or even reverse the aging process. What the elderly people need is just faith to begin with. This is not even a dream anymore.
