McCammDR

Nature lover, curious about life in all it's forms.

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@Gentleman_Ways Yes!

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@TimelessTrvlr Some I'd not heard of. Thanks for the fresh ideas!

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@BstKidEva @SubRosaMagick I found some snow peas that i forgot about.

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@BstKidEva @SubRosaMagick The reason for cargo shorts.

[🔱 YogMaya: Energy Surgeon 🔱 @CosmicShakti37]

Somewhere along the way, we became comfortable handing over responsibilities that should have remained in our own hands. We allowed others to shape our narratives, influence our priorities, and determine the direction of our communities. The people who lead us, the stories that define us, and the businesses that profit from us are increasingly disconnected from us.

Many of us have grown accustomed to participation without ownership. We contribute our labor, our loyalty, our creativity, and our spending power, yet rarely maintain control over the outcomes. We support systems that benefit from our presence while too often neglecting the institutions, leaders, and enterprises that could strengthen our own foundation.

The result is a cycle in which we continue to generate value but seldom retain it. We have become excellent at supporting what belongs to others while struggling to build, protect, and sustain what belongs to us.

Rather than pooling our resources to create lasting opportunities, we often exchange long-term ownership for short-term convenience. We celebrate personal achievements, yet too often overlook the importance of collective advancement. We spend enormous amounts as consumers but hesitate to invest in the people, businesses, institutions, and ideas that could create lasting prosperity within our own communities.

The truth is that we already possess what many believe we lack. We have the intelligence, creativity, talent, expertise, and financial capacity to build thriving communities. Among us are innovators, educators, entrepreneurs, artists, and leaders capable of shaping a different future. Yet our resources frequently leave our communities as quickly as they arrive. We create value but seldom retain ownership of it. We generate influence but rarely control its direction. Individually we pursue opportunity, but collectively we too often remain the commodity being marketed, consumed, and leveraged by others.

Strong communities do not emerge by chance. They are built through deliberate investment, shared purpose, and a commitment to supporting one another. Leadership must be cultivated from within rather than constantly sought from outside. Wealth should circulate through communities instead of being continually extracted from them. Our history must be preserved by those who lived it, and our future must be defined by those who will inherit it. If we fail to tell our own stories, others will tell them for us. If we fail to establish our own vision, others will decide what that vision should be.

Respect rarely follows neglect. When we undervalue ourselves, our institutions, and our contributions, we make it easier for others to do the same. If we do not recognize our own worth, others will continue to benefit from it while we settle for far less than we deserve.

The obstacle before us is not a shortage of talent, intelligence, or potential. It is the absence of a sustained collective commitment to ourselves. We must stop seeing ourselves solely as consumers, employees, and spectators. We must become builders, owners, investors, creators, and decision-makers. We must support our own institutions with the same confidence and enthusiasm that we often reserve for everyone else's.

Because if we continue accepting less than what we deserve, we will continue falling short of what we expect. And until we learn to invest in ourselves with the same conviction that we invest in others, we will continue financing futures that do not belong to us.

The question has never been whether we have enough resources, talent, or ability. The real question is whether we are finally ready to recognize our own value and act accordingly.

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@edawson78 👍Peppers and squash?

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@2Finkle89738 Which location are you going to?

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@edawson78 Good for you, congratulations!

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@edawson78 Good Morning!

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Always remember: it’s not officially Mother’s Day until Mr. T has blessed us with song.

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@MIC8833 The one with the goatee. ☺️

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@JamesMelville Stop your lollygagging.

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Life is beautiful and precious. The dark forces create discord and then feed off your anxiety, fear, worry, and hopelessness. Try not to give it to them.

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@prairieguy2016 We used to go see them in Colorado. Would love to do the same in Nebraska...maybe next year.

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@2Finkle89738

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@edawson78 Have a good rest, and the plants, too!

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@2Finkle89738 Prolly wants to do wheelies

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@truthstreamnews This old boomer has been for peace and love since Vietnam.

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@truthstreamnews This sounds about right.

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@GovernorShapiro @CDCgov Like you know anything....