revolution.

All of you that know me, know that I am completely captivated by The Beatles, heck I have a framed print of Abbey Road in my living room.  I was listening to some of their music like I often do and thought about change and our nation's current economic situation.  Our history as a country seems to reflect that when our citizens are unemployed and our government's infrastructure is failing us we rise up.  I'm not talking about radical concepts or unrealistic madness, just young people demanding more for their lives and existence.  The Beatles were far out that's for sure, but we need a revolution. 

We need for the arts to be born again in an age where everything is computer and technology driven.  We need to be teaching independent thinking to our young people with an emphasis on literature, music, and actually polishing a craft in its purist form.  I believe until our citizens feel intellectually attached to one another we will be filling ourselves with bigger houses, greater credit card debt, and even perhaps less of a fish swimming upstream.  I feel like we need a rebirth into the very core of ourselves.  We need to slow down and be captivated by nature, not always have to have a strict day planner, and read about issues we don't understand. 

The 1970s were a crazy time of rebellion within the young human spirit in this country who wanted more that what they were supposed to believe.  I do realize the drug culture was a HUGE part of this era and I do not pretend to fully understand it because clearly I wasn't there, however the point still stands.  Thinking independently and believing in something is really all it takes to start a wave of progression.  If you look back through history and every great change that took place whether that is women's rights or the civil rights movement, everything seems to happen during financial struggle or wartime or both.

I think we should stop swiping our credit cards and start visiting the library.  We as the young generation have been given many names and have been told that we are lazier than our fathers and don't know much, but that's ludicrous.  The problem is everyone wants change but doesn't want to be the one to do it.  I'm not suggesting we start selling our possessions and travel across the world in vans living off the land, but we can all start leading by example.  This means education in areas that are unfamiliar and opening your mind to things foreign.  My four loves, said it best.  Here are the lyrics to The Beatles song Revolution:

You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money
for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
Ah
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...
You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
all right, all right, all right