Just Plugging Along...

"Just Plugging Along..."
A phrase my grandmother used for years, but I am just now truly coming to understand.  For me, it means getting caught up in the day to day necessities and forgetting to notice the bigger picture of your world.  The past several months have seen quite a change for our country, and quite a bit of change for my Midwest.  No longer do we feel safe in our center of the country.  We are being attacked on all of our core views and values.  It is no longer acceptable to be a moral, conservative, hard working, take care of your own (and those you know and love) type of person.  I am supposed to want to depend on the government for my every need and want, instead of being responsible for my own actions, needs, wants or happiness.  If the leaders of our country have their way I will no longer have the right to pursue my happiness.  My happiness will never include the government making my life decisions.  So now many of us have been pushed from plugging into high gear, but the government isn't listening because they got used to us just being concerned about our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.  They need to remember who they work for and let me get back to my normal speed.