We ALL have been critical about something at one time or another. Me too. But most of the time I keep it to myself and never say a word to others. I am now going to let a few of those criticisms out into the open.
Our criticisms largely come from tradition, or perceived ideas/faults. The things we believe are right and correct. The things our parent instilled into us may be a factor, such as dress nicely, talk softly in a crowd, table manners, and so on. My mother would never alone me leave the house with holes in my clothes. Now I see adults wearing jeans with a lot of holes and factory made tears. I see businessman wearing suit coat that look like they were bought when they were 12 years old. Guys walking around with the pants down below the hugs almost to their knees. People with green and red hair, or haircuts only on one side of their head. Is that fashion? I am afraid it is folks. It is today's fashion statement. I may not like it, but our parents did not like us wearing t-shirts to a school dance either, or the music we listened to. It's call TRADITION. And some of those traditions are hard to give up.
I heard a story about a family and the way they cooked a pork roast. A young girl asked your mother, "Mom, why do you cut the roast in half before you put it into the oven?" Mother answered, "That's the way my mother did it." So the young girl asked her grandmother why, "Grandmother, why did you cut the roast in half before you put it into the oven?" Grandmother answered, "Because it was the only pan I had." That is a traditional believe that no one questioned until the young girl become curious. We all should be curious and question things, not to be critical, but the find the truth BEFORE you become critical.
The other day as I filled my gas tank, I saw a sticker next to the price showing the President pointing at the price saying, "I did this." I stood there amazed someone thinks our President can control everything. Apparently that sticker person did not check their facts. More so, he or she wanted to criticize someone they did not vote for, or don't agree with.
In the many business classes I took in college, the theory of 'Supply and Demand' was always stressed to us. During the pandemic, demand for fuel/gas went down, and so did the need for drilling and producing gasoline, so workers were laid off and oil rigs went dark. As we come out of the pandemic (so to speak) demand is up because people want to travel, but the production of oil industry is slow to get up and running again. It is not Russia or the lack of effort of the President, but supply and demand. Other countries need oil too and when Russia attacked Ukraine, other countries went to other oil producing countries to meet their demands.
I am not saying tradication is a bad thing, but it must be taken with some consideration and modified to today's environment. Wearing holes in my clothes is not my thing, or coloring my hair. I am too old for that, plus I don't have that much hair. I'll let my grandkids do their thing and I'll do mine. I may wear a loud colored shirt but my sock will match.
I guess the bottom line is, before you openly criticize someone or something, check your facts, make sure they are not bias, don't just listen to the 'hear-say', and look deeper than the surface BEFORE you open your mouth. I have had too feet in my mouth, and that taste is not pleasant and sometimes never goes away.
Happy 1st day of Spring, pray for Ukraine, take and be safe. Please leave a comment either good or criticisms, I can take it.
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