The New Slavery


Slavery hasn't died.

We shouldn't fool ourselves.

There was a time when slavery was based upon economics and race.

Today the divisions are still there but they've shifted a little.

Today's slave is composed of a kaleidoscopic cacophony of colors, ethnicities and backgrounds.

The only thing that really hasn't changed are the slavemasters. They're still in control. They are the people and things we work so hard for. The people we give our time to. The items we sacrifice our daily lives to have.

We give and they take.

We battle rush hour traffic just to arrive on time to a job that we hate.

The majority of us loathe Sunday evenings. We vehemtly detest Monday mornings even more, but yet we keep our noses to the proverbial grindstone. The rich get richer while the poor spiral downward into the dark pits of poverty and obscurity.

If one really thinks about it, whose fault is it that we're in the predicament that we're in?

It's not the fault of the Government.

It's not the fault of the rich and powerful.

Its the fault of person staring back at us in the mirror each morning. Our destiny is in the hand of none other than ourselves.

We have sold ourselves into slavery and it is up to each of us to free ourselves.

Each one of has a gift. The gift must be opened in order for it to work. What is the use of a gift if it is never opened?

Let us open our gifts and use our wonderful talents to not only free ourselves but to free the World.