Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Loss of Autonomy Looming

I was just over at my friend Barbara Roleck's blog and read her post on Romania's soon-to-be-implemented "Fat Tax."

Charlie Zegers touched on a rather serious problem, as far as I'm concerned. Although many people talked about the effects of diabetes and obesity on individuals and on the economy, Charlie's comment about a "nanny-state" got me thinking. And throwing my two-cent's worth in.

At what point do we abdicate our entire lives and ability to make choices to a government that takes over? At what cost is this to us on spiritual, mental, societal, and cultural levels?

When we get into a habit of delegating decision making to others... be it a church, a business, a martial arts class, or a government...we are building a state of being that can easily result in the loss of all our autonomous thought and action.

No folks, I am not overreacting. I've been there. It is not a good place to be.

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