Friday, February 04, 2011

Mental Health and Politics -- irreconcilable?

We would all do well to remember that there are millions and millions of dollars to be made by keeping all of us Americans all hissied up about politics. Some are daily encouraged to remain hysterical about our President or Nancy Pelosi. Some are daily encouraged to remain hysterical about Sarah Palin, John Boehner or whoever. They want our attention, our time, our money and especially, big ratings for their advertisers for their shows. But don't kid yourself; we pay a high price for that.

We would do well to remember that Paranoia is a highly communicable illness, and it is hardly exclusive to Schizophrenics. Hysterical mass paranoia is no respecter of party affiliation. It works both sides of the aisle.

And they're playing us. Playing us big time. All of us on both sides of those lines they draw for us. It's always good to know: 1) That you're being played; 2) Who's playing you; 3) How they're playing you 4) What the payoff is. Before you take back America, or whatever, you might want to think a while about taking back YOU. Stay close to YOUR center. Stay close to Jesus.