7 YRS PROCESS - DAY 235 - MY SURVIVAL IS BASED ON HURTING OTHERS - BAR OWNER - PART 1

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My survival is based on hurting others - Bar owner

I didn't have access to internet yesterday thus I am posting my article today.


How can we make any change in this world if we have involved ourselves into the situation where our survival depends on hurting others and we are not willing to stop it ?

Let's start with the example... let's say that you are the owner of the bar and of course you are selling the alcoholic drinks. The more you sell ( the more people get drunk ) the more profit you make, the more comfortable life you have and the more happy you are. The less you sell the more you have to worry. You know what alcohol does to people but at the same time your whole survival in this world depends on the income generated from the bar - you have to pay your mortgage, pay off your credit and maintain your family. It seems like the catch 22... isn't it ?

No... it is not catch 22. It is the consequence of your decisions and what you have allowed in the past. You have entered free-willingly into the hole full of shit and you have become literally entangled by it ( shit ). Sometimes you wake up, you realize in that moment that what you do is unmoral thing to do and you try to find a better solution but - as long as you are inside of the shit hole - wherever you turn is more shit. You know that the only place where there is no shit, is out of the shit hole ( on the bank ) but that would mean that you would have to leave everything behind and loose all the money that you have invested into it.

Unfortunately most of the people decide to stay within the shit hole and try to suppress the feeling of guilt. And here are just few examples: - if I don't do it then somebody else will do it anyway; - I have to provide for my family; - I have to pay my bills; - everybody else does the same; - there is nothing else with alcohol; it is fun and normal;

Thus do you expect that we will be ever able to change the world if you are not willing to get out of the shit hole ?

What should we do then ? What is the solution ?

Should we leave everything behind, loose all the money invested into it, loose the comfortable life that we have built for ourselves and maybe even put in risk our own survival ? You have to make the decision for yourself but as I said before: as long as you are in the middle of the shit hole wherever you turn there is more shit. And for example selling the bar to somebody else and living from that money is not the solution because somebody else will continue the abuse and this will get us nowhere. The only solution is to get out of the shit hole to the "dry place" on the bank and never again enter into it. Remember that you have entered the shit hole yourself and free-willingly and your excuses and justifications represent your decision to stay there.



*the shit hole represents making decisions which are best for me and the bank represents making the decisions which are best for all.


To be continued...





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Published: 2012 - December - 07      © Copyright 2012 - Greg Wiater