A Political Interval....LEAVE or REMAIN? It doesn't matter, you can still donate ;-)

"Whatever you voted, it doesn't change your ability to donate"

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Stephen-Milton

After many weeks of campaigning from both sides, celebrities and those prominent in the spotlight spinning their views and subsequent crap storm created across social media land, the UK woke up this morning to the news that the UK is to leave the EU.

After taking up this challenge for reasons I have previously explained, I really think people are starting to loose focus on the important things in life.

Regardless of whether people agree with the result or not, ask yourself, have you woken up this morning facing your own mortality? Have you woken up to a family member no longer there? 

For some people across the world this is sadly true, so in the grand scheme of things the whole referendum and the who is wrong and who is right debate will be taking a back seat.  Remember, whatever happens the world still turns.  You have to fight to survive, fight for what you believe in.  You have to "DO" to make a change.  If people gave up every time things didn't go their way we would not get anywhere.

Either way, the Earth wouldn't care.  The sun will still shine, the night will still come and the whole cycle will start again the next day.

We achieve great things by working together, be that together in the EU or together out outside of it.  We have not lost the ability to help and and support one another overnight.  As individuals this does not change us.  We still have free will to do good.

A great read is Join Me: The true story of a man who started a cult by accident by Danny Wallace. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Join-Me-Story-Started-Accident/dp/0091895820

The general philosophy of the Join Me movement revolves around Random Acts of Kindness (RAK).  This started out as an encouragement to commit a RAK every Friday however this soon transpired to any day of the week or whenever you can.  Why be confined to being kind and supporting your fellow person on a Friday?  Nothing changes from day to day, there is nothing stopping anyone supporting their fellow persons.  Therefore the result of this referendum does not stop this either.

My Grandma is always speaking of the days growing up in a community where service sharing was common place.  It was not a catastrophe if a young couple with little money were expecting a baby.  Your community would be there for you.  Your best friend would help with your cleaning, your next door neighbor would share their food if you were short, Doreen's husband would fix your mangler if it broke.  People were there for you.  Therefore, when the lady across the street had her 8th child, you would help with her cleaning, you would babysit the other children and give them your baby's hand me down clothes.  No expectation to the exchange of money, just friendship and a genuine willingness to help, knowing that you could count on others to return the favor when you were in need.

Now this utopia may no longer be realistic, the unfortunate reality of our current climate is that we do need money to get by.  However there is nothing stopping us hailing back to as my Grandma puts it, "The good ol' days."  We haven't lost the capacity to be nice and look out for one another.

As usual I have rambled on, but I hope you get the general consensus of my point.  I will leave you with my comment to all the bickerers on Facebook.

Thanks for reading my latest take on life!

Steve

P.S

Regardless of how people voted, lets all keep it intellectual and respectful. Everyone's vote deserved to be a personal choice. Let's face it, those in the limelight will have voted to support their own agenda regardless of their stance of in and out, so why is it wrong that the public do the same?

What has really saddened me is the stooping to name calling and accusations, stereotyping the voters of both camps. How is that helpful? It basically amounts to name calling, sticks and stones; none of which is going to help the future of our country.

Whichever way the result were to go there was going to be fallout, there were going to be successes and there were going to be failures.

The decision has now been made so please all stop being childish name calling, goading losers with "sour grapes" and winners with "I hope you are pleased with yourself, you just wait to see."

Deal with the decision and work together to make our country succeed whatever it takes. Help your fellow persons, give and receive in kind and generally treat others how you expect to be treated yourself. Support one another.

To all the LEAVE voters, you made this happen so stick to your guns and show the REMAIN camp why you cast your vote and prove you can make it work.

To all the REMAIN voters, don't be hypocritical. You said a vote to LEAVE was giving up on the EU. Now things have not gone your way, practice what you preach and don't give up on the UK.

I think you will find that if you asked both camps to list the top 5 issues that concerns them in the UK right now, I am sure there would be some overlap. The question you need to ask yourself is how do we fix the issues raised in that overlap. That is how we can all work together for a successful future.

Sensible comments welcome, no more rubbish mudslinging.