That little slide? That is the slippery slope

This morning I have cancelled by Amazon Prime account and monthly subscription that I had with them. I am currently looking at other services to replace PayPal. I am closing my Google Pay account. You get the idea.

Now let me just say that this is a pain in the butt. It is. I have monthly donations set up with PayPal and now I have to go place by place and see what I have to do. What other options that I have. I am kind of annoyed.

Being annoyed I question why I am doing this. I am kind of grumbling under my breath at my husband, because I am annoyed. No other reason really as this is a decision we agreed on.

So why I am doing it?

Because what is good for the goose is good for the gander.

We weren’t going to do it. We both had the thought and, recognizing what a pain it would be, we set it aside. These companies are private businesses and can run it as they see fit.

Then I remembered something from years back. Small companies being sued for refusing services they felt violated their beliefs. I stopped cold. I was uneasy by these lawsuits, but I didn’t want to seem like a bigot. It isn’t that I actually agreed with the reasoning, but I agreed that they have the right to do so. Being a private business.

I’m done. If these billion dollar companies can do this because they don’t agree with what their client is doing so can small companies.

I am done being held hostage by convenience. The truth is that what is these companies are banking on. That the average American won’t make the effort. I almost didn’t, but honestly I love my country to much to stand by and let this happen. We believe in free speech and so much more. Even when it is contrary to what we believe in. That is what America is.

God Bless

Strange times = strange conversation

We are living in strange and frightening times. That is a very honest statement.

My husband and I had a strange conversation that is all tied up with these times. It centered on one question.

What are we willing to die for?

A strange question. A scary question. Yet, it wasn’t. It was a needed conversation. I think the fact that we felt it was needed a conversation is actually scarier than having the actual conversation.

This time that we are living in is producing a very different response from my husband and me. We are having conversations that are actually bringing stillness and a deeper faith. They are amazing.

Is it always easy? Nope, but they are helping us to delve into what is truly important. We are shedding so much “fluff and dust” in our lives. That is actually worth so much.

More on this at a later date.

God Bless!