Is it time

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

- Andy Warhol -

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Is it time...for change.

I've been around a lot in time and space meaning I've lived a lot of years and have traveled the world extensively and across that time and space have experienced many things, seen good and bad, done good and bad I guess depending on perspective, and it's all captured within my mind - I think about it sometimes.

I've avoided news services for many years, something I've written about a few times in the past; it's propaganda designed to destabilise, influence and control people. That's not to say I'm uniformed, only a fool would think that of me, I get my information from more reliable sources and am careful with what I take in, most is rubbish and unimportant however there's many things that effect me directly or indirectly and it often leaves me wondering about the future of the human race considering the (mostly) unsustainable ways in which we act.

These thoughts leave me thinking about time...and I'm pretty sure it's time for change in the right direction rather than the greedy, hubristic, selfish, consumerist and generally disgusting ways in which human beings behave.

Will it happen though, can it? Do I hold hope that it might? No not really, there just isn't enough people all pulling in the same (the right) direction at the same time or with any real conviction.

I know many may disagree because in their little microcosm of a world in which they reside things may be peachy but a look, I mean an honest and open look, around the world outside that safe little space in which many bury their heads, will reveal a different reality.

I wrote a little post a while back about the unsustainable way in which we fish and treat our oceans which you can see here if you're so inclined, just one example of the fuckassery human beings seem to think is acceptable. There's others also of course; wars that continue for no good reason - religious or greed reasons among others - inequality between genders, discrimination, slavery and people trafficking, corporate crime, greed and globalisation, environmental issues, rising crime rate, rogue-states and general terrorism and all the way down to the little people like you and I who have a constant and unexplainable desire for more of everything, one in every colour, the latest fucken iPhone and a propensity for greed and...well, you get the idea. There's a lot wrong and I think humanity is responsible for every single bit of it - there's no one else to blame.

What does the future hold? Nothing good, is often my answer to that however it could be different, we, all of us, have the power to make effective and timely change...we just need to do it...but probably won't.

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So, with this in mind I have a question: What is it time for?

Are you a little concerned with the way things are going? Are you the head in sand type living happily and oblivious in your little micro-world? Do you think everything is going well and it's all good as my sister is inclined to say when things are not actually fucken good at all.

Feel free to comment below and tell me what you think it's time we changed; choose a specific thing and explain why you feel it needs to change and why, maybe also why you think it's not being changed in a fast enough, or broad enough way. Basically, just comment on whatever you like I guess.