This is to state officially here and now that this is the least read Blog in the whole of blogosphere.
Total readership: one.
I have to read it since I am the author. I am also the editor, publisher and marketer. I guess I need to be working on that last point.
That is the great thing about this country. We have freedom of speech. We are still allowed to say what is on our minds. Even if it is politically incorrect and there will be many that disagree, we still have the right to have an opinion and to voice that opinion.
What we do not have a right to is an audience. That is one thing that you have to earn.
So many people think that they have to have a voice, and that is the one thing that they are guaranteed to have, their voice. That is what freedom of speech is about.
They do not however, have to be heard. And, in fact, we do not have to listen. That is the greater power. When we do listen, we should evaluate and decide the value of the words we are hearing and decide if they are of enough worth to us to continue to listen or have the wisdom to tune them out.
In this time of season, when the political winds are howling and media pundits are spinning as fast as they can, it makes great sense to remember that we have the power of the listener and the ability to decide is ours. Choose wisely. And if you need to, turn it all off for awhile.
This is Ed Nef with a view from the Farr West.
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