What does it mean to Self Govern?

How to self govern without being a bother to other Americans

Self governing means that you are responsible for how you conduct yourself at all times.  

Along with your rights is this most important law… “do no harm” …(which does not apply to mosquitoes).

Being free means you are responsible for all your decisions, thoughts and intentions.  We are free to pursue our interests as long as it is not done at the expense of others or of nature, and to respect everyone’s right to self govern. It will take time, study and practice for you to acclimate to this natural way of living. Live free…responsibly. Your rights end where my rights begin; my rights end where your rights begin.

As living people, being responsible is a valuable discipline and talent. It is another thing that has been indoctrinated out of us. Many of us are not used to taking responsibility for ourselves. We pass the buck. There’s always an excuse. If he/she didn’t do that, I wouldn’t have had to do what I did. They made me angry, so it’s their fault. All these are ways we avoid taking responsibility. But as living men and women, we are always responsible for what we do, even when others act badly.

When things go wrong, we have been taught to avoid confrontation. Some of us get anxious even talking on the phone to order a pizza (isn’t there an app for that?)! Instead of talking to one another and working things out, we shoot nasty text messages, or email blast a bunch of people. Or we sue them. Self governing means we are learning how to interact with one another again, even when it gets difficult or uncomfortable. You can do it!

You may know that the word live spelled backwards is evil. That can’t be a coincidence. Learning to self govern sometimes means learning to do the opposite of what we were taught.

We say a big, fat NO to evil. We say YES to life.

We are learning how to act in honor at all times. Life is more fun that way…and restful.