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Income for the elderly.

I thought I would make a funny blog, commenting on the social ills of society. But being sick myself right now, I thought it would be more interesting to just voice my opinion about certain things! We live in a society of rapid transit, instant cash, and instant termination, by that I mean we are free to pick and choose on social websites like Facebook who we want to be friends with and who we don't want to be friends with and instantly drop them. But life is a little bit different. When we meet someone in real life we can't just automatically block them out of our lives like we do on the social website Facebook. I think some people who are very negative would like to treat life like a Facebook account. If I don't like this person I'll just stop being their friend, if this person is bothering me I'll just block them, or even worse what about reporting someone who seems to be sending you harassing emails. That one doesn't sound so bad but we all receive spam in our inbox and I don't think it would be necessary to report every single email that was spam. I digress.

If life were treated like a Facebook page who would be your real friends in real life? Would all the friends that you have on Facebook still be your friends in real life if Facebook ceased to exist. What about that long-lost love who contacted you on Facebook, and you found out that she had moved on in life would you still be her friend if Facebook wasn't there? Don't get me wrong I'm not bashing Facebook and I think that it's important for me in my own life because I'm able to connect with many people that I wouldn't of been able to connect if that website wasn't invented, it's just that I think we fail to see the connection between Facebook and real life, Facebook has become real life. Whatever we see on Facebook, becomes part of our day. No need to pick up a newspaper anymore to find out what's going on in the world just log into your newsfeed and all of the news stories that you see will give you a clear picture of what's going on in the world. My how technology has progressed. I remember the days when I would go to the convenience store and buy myself a newspaper. I used to know a girl whose parents owned the convenient store down the street from where I live, I sort of dated her when I was younger. Let's just say she was well endowed for her age and when she had invited me to swim at her swimming pool she told me even though I was dating her to always look her in the eyes very prudent. That relationship didn't last very long LOL.

I've been waking up early this past week and going to Catholic mass so I may find that a contradiction because I attend an evangelical church, and in fact it is a contradiction. But I have been doing it to prove a point, what the point is is that I can still have peace of mind whether or not I'm in the right church, it's kind of like being lost at sea or losing your job... You can always find your way back but you may have to make some detours along the way. The cultural trends in our society have gradually shifted from the 90s. I was talking about this the other day. Because Canada is more of a multi cultural landscape now, our value system has strengthened in our country. Family has become very important where as in the 1990s not so much. Unfortunately this cultural trend has not made its way into the workplace. It will take strategic leadership in order for someone to make what we see in our societies a reality in our workplace. Respect for the family should not just be a cultural trend but it should be something that is a permanent benchmark in our businesses and in our homes. If we could make that paradigm shift I don't usually use that word, from home to business there would be less violence in the workplace. I believe my country of Canada is closer to having that kind of value system than any other country right now, I personally believe it's just a matter of time before we see family values instituted into the workplace. And the person who brings those in will be opening the door for other countries as well. I don't think we'll see the retirement age become less but what I do think we will see is that people will find that work will be something to be enjoyed rather then hated for some people. This is Mike.

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