Moral Authority

These past couple of years has allowed a lot of time for reflection for me. I have not wasted that time. Although, I will say that time keeps rolling on and waits for no one. I have let some of that time slip away. I am looking to see if I can grab it again.

A lot has happened to us all in these past four years as we have all watched the meltdown of the capitalistic paradigm. We have all experienced the mayhem in one shape or form. Most people have been seriously affected by the economic downturn to a point that their lives, their hopes and dreams are forever changed. Some have profited highly through this debacle. We have stood by and witnessed the destruction of morals and are just now beginning to experience the reconstruction of our moral authority. It isn't over, and the new moral authority is in its infancy. The marching to our new destination has just begun. This does not happen on its own. We must all take shuffled steps to see things from new angles. We must take blind leaps in order to help others see things they refuse to acknowledge.

There are always messengers in madness. Some are shunned by the masses because the masses don't clearly understand the message, and some are followed because the few that see and believe are able to help clarify and spread the message. We must find the sun's rays through these reflection pools we sit and swim in. It's interesting how life is. One never knows where one will end up despite all of the energies one might put forth towards a specific goal. There are no guarantees to what you have planned in life.

Only a few years back I was building numerous eco friendly homes for investors in Texas. It was a labor of love. I designed the homes myself and thought I could help change the way homes were being built and designed. I was flying back and forth from California to Texas frequently to handle businesses I had in both states. I remember being on the phone with one of my investors and realizing that what was going on on Wall Street was going to collapse the rest of the world. Quickly. I finally saw the writing on the wall. Perhaps too late. But, I said to them, "I suggest you get out now, cut your losses. I cannot fix this. It is bigger than I know." They still had some faith left in my talents, but we both knew our investments were going south and were probably going to crash. Hard.

This was back in 2008, and none of us knew, at that time to what extent things would go south, but we knew it was going to get much worse. Actually, the leaders of Wall Street knew, and how much, but neglected to share any of this information to anyone else as they continued to ask for new investors, new money, all the while they were hedging against their own investments that they were selling. They knew and defrauded their investors and defrauded the people of this country. Many countries.

When you plan and prepare and things fall apart in front of your eyes it is a very enlightening and educational experience. I was unprepared for the fall and the outcome. I lost years of work in days. I watched a carefully orchestrated business dissolve in what seemed hours. I came back to my home in California and tried to put some pieces back together again. It was very difficult. My whole life was built around real estate and construction, at that time, and both of those industries were the first and hardest hit, and have not, and will not come back as they were before for some time to come.

I froze. I was in unknown territory. I usually had answers, but this time, I was lost. There was no work to be found for a long time. I sank into a dark hole, a place I wish for no one to find. I fought back, but my personal resources were wearing quite thin. I meditated a lot, and still do. That helped. Though, I found myself alone a few times, gun in hand, wondering what, why...

I'm still here. It took a lot of work to get to the place I am today. There is still a long way to go, but it is one step at a time. I have found a renewed strength to which I am moving forward with. There are still some very difficult days, but I am becoming more and more empowered as I learn more and more about how and what has happened to the world because of Wall Street and what can be done about it on a personal level, as well as, on a more public level. We all live our own lives, however, all of us effect one another whether we realize it or not. The butterfly effect is the idea that when a butterfly flaps its wings in California, a slight breeze eventually blows through the cherry blossoms in Japan.

The renewed strength has allowed me to take steps in directions that I never knew I had the capacity to take on. I did not know much about law four years ago, however, when I was blindsided by the economic breakdown I began taking small steps to rectify my situation. I will begin to explain what I mean by this as I follow with the upcoming posts. It is time for the message to get out. It is time that I step up and be a messenger. I hope you read, follow, understand, and pass it on.



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