I was thinking about the word “hero” the other day and realized I have no idea where the word even comes from. I’ve never looked up a definition.
So here’s what Apple gives you:
In light of what has been revealed in LA with the fires that destroyed so many lives and livelihoods, the world really goes ‘round because of heroes. Every day, people put on a uniform and direct themselves into harm’s way while so many people run in the opposite direction, depending on the bravery and success of the few.
Some don’t put on a uniform at all.
The many mothers (and growing number of fathers) in our practice who have taken their children’s healthcare by the reins may or may not know the trajectory change they are making in their family tree as it relates to health. Asking tough questions, demanding transparency, and chipping away at the root cause of their children’s chronic challenges is not only more effective, the freedom that children feel is often not possible in the conventional medical system.
This will never be sold in a pill bottle or delivered through the end of a syringe.
But like I said, it is what has made our world go ‘round here at Future Generations for the last 15 years.
Being a veteran, I’ve always wondered why we would pedestalize these multimillionaire professional athletes. I remember being in Iraq and wondering why as we built schools, brought clean drinking water and electricity to literal bedouins, and helped install rights for young women in education, most of the media only covered blood and violence.
I didn’t think that we needed to be called “heroes,” but when contrasted with pampered multimillion dollar professional athletes, it makes you think we might have some things backwards in modern society.
The word gets thrown around a lot these days. Some people are very pro-hero and there is a growing movement in the health and medical freedom space that’s rather anti-hero. Of all the things to be divided on, to think that heroes at this point in our world are somehow debatable is weird to me.
We find ourselves so stuck in polarized perspectives that we can’t even celebrate people who wake up every day and put their heads down to sleep every night IN SERVICE to others.
In the wake of President Trump‘s inauguration and so many Senate hearings for his cabinet members, there is so much criticism from the sidelines on both sides.
Some are pro Bobby Kennedy.
Others anti.
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But none of us know what it’s like to be in that seat. No one knows what it’s like taking questions with so much vitriol, and no one knows what it’s like being essentially solely responsible for revealing just how dark the tentacles of Pharma have made our legislators.
In my opinion, I have seen a consistent change in messaging from virtually all of the appointees. It seems like they’ve stopped talking about individual rights as much as they’ve started to talk more about taking the proverbial “system” down.
I think this is a really important distinction because one obligates the power to the people, and the other to their particular positions. I don’t think these are ever meant to be mutually exclusive. And I don’t think it’s very difficult for people to start and end here.
As the power of these particular positions inherently increases with the massiveness of our federal government, the people must be reminded that in the end WE call the shots for ourselves and our families.
Otherwise, we become vulnerable to the societal absolving of our responsibility to take care of our own lives and hand it right over to the powers that be.
I’ve thought a lot about that over the last few years because I’m rather old school and I was raised to honor the elders in my family. Especially those who fled totalitarian regimes in search of the promise of freedom in America.
But I’ve also been spending an incredible amount of time and energy trying to understand this younger generation that has been taught, trained and educated (dare I say brainwashed) into some potentially catastrophic belief systems.
One of the most significant is highlighted in the book “The Coddling of the American Mind“. The book highlights several untruths that have propagated across the younger generations. I think the second one is the most appropriate to bring up right now, and it is the untruth of “emotional reasoning” where our feelings are always to be trusted.
In my opinion, our feelings are important, but by nature they are a product of our conscious mind. Most people don’t know that 50 trillion bits of information hit our nervous systems every second but we are only consciously aware of 50.
Not 50 billion, not 50 million but 50.
One trillionth of what is being experienced by our subconscious.
And where do we get our subconscious beliefs? If you have not watched the documentary, Social Dilemma, I highly encourage you to.
Most of the population today has no clue that we are being monitored.
Every swipe.
Every click.
Every moment of our days, especially if it relates to technology, is monitored, but maybe even more so orchestrated.
And when this is combined with the belief system that our feelings should be first and foremost in every dynamic of every part of life – this is reckless on the conservative end and downright dangerous at a deeper level.
With the prominence of social media platforms and these technology oligarchies, it is really important to have the ability to regulate our own thoughts and feelings. To really think about what we expose ourselves and our children to.
In my opinion, one of the healthiest things to do is to expose your children to those in society who really know what it means to SERVE. And in my opinion, mom and dad, that includes you.
Every once in a while, I make a joke with our little ones. They will be pretending to adjust their parents and I will say something to the effect of “Oh, do you want to be a chiropractor one day?“ And it catches the kiddo off guard, but it actually makes them think and consider. But before it turns into any sort of conversation, I interject and say “Because then you can adjust your mommy for free“ and mom usually says something like “that would be really nice”.
And then I take it even further and say “Then you can pay back the DEBT of gratitude that you are incurring on a day-to-day basis because your mom keeps you safe, healthy, and free”. This is really entertaining when I say it to toddlers who may not consciously understand the things that I’m saying, but I know they feel the energy and intention behind them.
If a part of my practice was focused on “brain washing“ our children to be more grateful for their parents, I will have found an equation for real success.
I pray that you, mom and dad, will always know that you are heroes at Future Generations.
For the month of February, we salute you and the many others who hold together the fabric of our community. Thank you for blessing us.
Love and appreciate you all. ♥️
S