To the Editor of CT’s The Lakeville Journal:
With “Oaktober” and the election season in full swing, everybuddy can find a reason to get in the game of Life and of What IFs. As I explore on Livfully.org and in outreach over the decades, every person counts, whether they can vote or not.
Younger people (children, teens, the unborn) also could have a form of meaningful representation since they are being tasked with caring for the earth and our collective future. For those women feeling they ‘have to have an abortion’ due to lack of support on any level and over time, more voluntary support should be rendered.
All childcare should be free at this point in time, as should birth control and counseling, particularly early on and often in life to help people understand their emotions, the economic challenges and options that are at play, educational support and pathways to health to prevent insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, substance abuse, violence and poverty.
I am realizing the vision for a more fair, friendly world and a way to pay debts and keep roads and public services up and running can come with a high price tag. Preventing problems in the human realm makes good sense and delivers huge benefits to all involved.
As for finding the funds to help people ‘stay afloat and make a decent living’ that is more challenging, but not impossible. America and other advanced countries overconsume resources, so finding ways to help curb consumption would be the goal rather than everyone living in unsustainable ways.
As more women and youth join forces with men who have traditionally run the show, things can only get better. More team approaches to join in efforts are springing up online so don’t delay in ‘finding your tribe’ (globally, nationally and locally.)
This is the critical ‘planting time’ for the top gardeners of our forest of friends and families in our country with everyone’s good health being instrumental in keeping our economy and very lives going. Breathing, exercising, eating right and being kind are all great steps toward a positive outcome for a kind, capable government.
Let’s let love win the day and create waves of teamwork to share and care which our world needs now more than ever to prevent a downward spiral of climate change refugees, loss of resources and the few ruling over the many.
Vote as if your life depended on it because it very well could!
–Catherine Palmer Paton, Falls Village Ct