Happy? New Year! Is it going to
be possible for us to be happy in the future? Some are very sad about the
election. Sad about Obama care sucking our income right out of our meager pay
checks. Sad about Trump aligning with Putin instead of Obama over diplomats and
spying. Sad that our prisons are now corporate owned and are simply a business
and not a rehab in any way. Storage units for human life is the American prison
system. We must overlook? These problems or anything that is troubling you
personally. We can’t jus flick them away like an annoying fly. At least take
notice of the good in life and then feel a quiver of happiness.
I find happiness in the St Jude
brand of hospitalization. A charity that at least gives back immediately to the
families crushed by cancer. They will treat the patient and their immediate
family. They will house and take care of both till things get better. That idea
which
is a reality gives
me happiness. Another source for happiness for me is The Boys Town of America
which provide a special home for some very needy kids who are career criminals
before the age of 16. Some have committed so many crimes already that they have
80 year sentences to jail. Located 10 miles outside Omaha, Nebraska is a place
where almost every kid is at a crossroad in their young life.
The goal is that the kids can
leave the town called Boys Town behind and move on to a productive life. Most of the kids arrive there straight from
jail. Their parents don’t have any more money left for bail. Their multiple
crimes have exhausted any rehab programs. Boys Town is that beacon of light in
the darkness that can hopefully be the last chance for the kids to lead a free
and happy life. Rent the old movie about
the place and realize that it is still in existence for about 100 years now.
Sometimes a last chance for a kid can become a new beginning. Total holiday
sales this year are expected to exceed $1 trillion that is an almost 4% increase over 2015, Does happiness come
in a wrapped box and a bow? No! Things come that way.
At Boys Town they have names
again and are not identified by their jail number. They get 24 hour housing
that is not a jail cell but a home with meals and an education. Now they can
here that someone is proud of them. Meanwhile there are more felons in Boys
Town than in any other place in Nebraska. There they are doing all their best
to change. It was only boys until 1979
and then girls were sent there too. Most of the kids have been unable to live
anywhere else without getting into trouble. This is their last chance. The kids
go in knowing only that they are bad kids. They are then reminded that all that
bad was their own decision and they have their youth on their side to change
from bad to good. There are about 55 homes on campus housing about 8 kids each.
Try to find your happy in this
New Year my friends and readers. You are my friends because I realize you take
the time out in your busy life to connect with me and read my rants. Thanks to
the hundreds of thousands of you who have connected with me. Happy New Year to
you!
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