Given the current news cycle it’s apparent that YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL.

that might be a shocker and perhaps you should hear it again YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL. Of course that doesn’t add an ounce to your perception of safety or security, but it’s true. Who is in control just might really not be in control, but those who we *think* are in control feel that if they relinquish the reality that they can’t do anything then society will realize that WE LIVE IN A CRAAAAZY WORLD! Guess what… yep we live in a crazy world.

What are we not in control of?

• The Iraqis
• Our campus’s security
• Women’s bodies after the 2nd trimester

and so much more… like crazy teenagers on the freeway.

So is it finally time to take the power back as Rage Against the Machine told us? Maybe we’re not realizing something. If anyone watches Planet Earth on Discovery, you might have seen the DOW Commercial that tells us that we’re often missing the human element.

Ahhh the Human Element “nothing more fundamental, nothing more elemental.” In this weeks events we’ve seen in Iraq how fundamental the Human element is, while in Virginia we see how elemental life is (when it’s taken from us).

Control might just be something we comfort ourselves with… even if it’s not true. That doesn’t mean we can’t make the right choices. If we can get over how crazy other people really are, we might find the little craziness in ourselves.

What we can do help ourselves from becoming Chou or these fundamental Iraqi terrorists is to laugh at our mistakes and our quirkiness. Those who remembered Chou said that he never laughed or engaged in conversation.

Perhaps we can’t single-handily change the world to our liking (duh), but we can change ourselves and how we think and react…remember,

the truth is out there

~J out

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