Change

Wednesday night is now Toastmaster's night for me, this was my 2nd guest attendance.  Tonight's table topic was "Change" from table topics to the speeches.  I was able to participate in the table topics portion of the club meeting.  I was asked "if you were given the official title of "tax master" where you set all the rules on taxation, what would you change to our current system?".  The question caught me off guard, there's so many things that needs to be changed and implemented in not only on the local city level, all the way to the federal level here in Canada to build a sustainable society with sound economics based on equality and social justice.  

Of course, I went over the 1 minute time limit, I could of gone on and on all the things I would do to make Canada even more great.  Even the world.  Humans as a species have the capability and resources to live peacefully with our environment and with each other.  Yet the current system is made for a few to have a lot and many to suffer for that.  We as a global entity can eliminate many difficult issues such as war, famine, disease, poverty etc. but the efforts to accomplish such monumental tasks are being diverted for vanity and vain pursuits.  This brings in mind to the future painted by the recent movie Looper all too possible, a grim world filled with crime and the status quo is continued into the second half of this century.

Back on topic now.  Change, I've been going through a lot of changed recently and it at times are all overwhelming.  But I go on with hope and a positive attitude to work hard and when the moments present themselves for happiness and laughter, seize upon them and enjoy.  When sad moments visit, take time to reflect and look within myself, learn from failures and mistakes, so in future challenges and difficult times, an effective way of dealing with them have already been figured out by past experiences.

Time for ZzZ, good night.