You are responsible for your ignorance and lack of knowing how to take care of yourself.

Hello world. The following was written 2/10/2018.

Food and a person’s “rights” to it seem to be on many people’s minds of late. A belief that everyone is entitled to food or medicine. In the same breath they are also speaking of how these things should be GIVEN to them. No one seems to comprehend that THEY are responsible for themselves and their choices to think, believe, say, do and perceive. They make the choices in what it is they want to learn or not learn here.

Something to consider when thinking along the lines of food. When was the last time you went out and “gathered” or “harvested” the bounty around you? I can walk out my front door and see food all around me. There are many flowers that are edible as are barks and leaves, not to mention medicinal.

When I step outside I see wild lettuce and the makings of a spring salad mix. I see wild mushrooms, nuts, berries, seeds and legumes. I can find wild herbs along the hillsides and in the local parks as well as wild onion, garlic, carrots and so much more. When was the last time you could recognize what is on your plate in its natural environment at its different stages of growth?

Do not blame anyone but yourself here. You are responsible for your ignorance and lack of knowing how to take care of yourself. You do that to yourself with your own choices to accept whatever is handed to you. There is a parable in many religions that talk…