A Land of Self Help

I was listening to talk shows today. I was just sampling different shows, some political and some not. I began to notice something. It just hit me like a ton of bricks.

But I doubted my thoughts. I thought "this cannot be true". So I went and did a little research. I really didn't have to look too far or wide. All I had to do was use Google, Yahoo Search, Facebook and Myspace. Yes Facebook and Myspace can be used for research.

All I had to do was type in my key words and everywhere I searched, I got a ton of hits back. It didn't matter what key words I used, they all turned up hundreds of thousands of hits. Sometimes the hits numbered in the millions.

So I knew I was on to something. I knew that there was an issue in our nation. I knew that we cannot believe what we spend billions a year on.

Now what was it I was researching? Self Help; Motivational, Life Coach, Motivational Teachers/Speakers.

People like Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Les Brown and even movies like The Celestine Prophecy and The Secret kept popping up.

Now why was I looking for such things and how the hell does all of that relate to politics and freedom and liberty.

Well, its pretty simple and very logical. We are a nation of people that search for ways to improve ourselves. We turn to those who can teach and motivate us to be our best; to reach levels of personal achievement we only could dream about before these gurus and movies.

All of this stuff has one thing in common. ONE THING. They all teach that YOU are the change that you need to make in your life. YOU are the only person that can achieve all that you want in life. YOU are the only one that can make yourself rich, happy, safe, cool, smart, etc.

These gurus make millions and millions and we, the people of this nation gladly turn over our hard earned money to learn the so-called secrets these gurus claim to have. But when it comes down to it, ALL the gurus say the same thing. YOU are the only one that can make a change in your life.

We believe that to be the truth. We know that to be the truth. We have seen and/or experienced that to be the truth.

So why is it in a nation that prides itself on self esteem and self motivation would be so willing to turn over their freedom and liberty to a government? Why is it we read and watch and listen to gurus tell us that we are responsible for our own lives yet vote for those who will take away our ability to be responsible for our own lives?

There is a huge disconnect there. It makes no logical or emotional sense. Yet here we are. A nation full of self esteem citizens that vote for people who want to keep us from realizing our dreams. And we justify it by saying, we need to do something or that the government can give it to us for free. That is a direct contradiction to what we learn from the gurus. It is a direct contradiction to what we believe. We obviously believe it because we buy more and more of their products that teach us just that fact.

Isn't it time you got your moneys worth from those gurus? If you think so, then its time to vote for those who also believe the gurus and will let you go for your dreams. A liberal thinks you can't make it on your own. The gurus say you can make it on your own. Conservative say you can make it on your own.

Just something to think about.