Feel Good Blogging Challenge:Taking a Stand With Your Dollar

Most of us rely on businesses to supply our needs and desires. When a business is conveniently placed, conveniently structured, as well as conveniently priced, why go anywhere else? 

Awareness of their business practices and reputation causes disappointment, anger, and possibly disgust, among other responses. How can they do this? Why do they do this? Don't they see their effect?! But life continues. 

You have your own business to attend to, family, stresses, events, timelines. When the need or desire arises, that business is conveniently there for YOU. Right now you don't have the time, you don't have the energy, and you don't have the money. Once in awhile you are confronted with the reality of your contribution to their effect, but life can always be depended on to move you forward. So you conform; out of sight, out of mind.

This is a cycle you can break free from! Yes, everyday life is your struggle, but so is the struggle in the world. Do you breath air? Do you drink water? How long can we really remain comfortable and nonchalant with this out of sight, out of mind mentality? Do we need to wait until it is right in front of us? Does it need to touch us?

Determination and adjustments. Set your mind to remain strong in your resolve. You don't want to contribute with your patronage? Don't! It'll take some time to get used to the adjustments and substitutes, but you will adjust.

There are a few organizations that I refuse, and no longer patronize to. The toughest one to cut off was Wal-Mart. I had heard things I didn't agree with, but found myself repeatedly going there for everything. Why not, right? New services, as well as established services, I took advantage of. Balls were falling all over the place in different departments. Through my eyes, they became incompetent and offensive...

So sad that it took me to be offended and angry to take a stand, and make a change in my life. I know many of you are a lot stronger, decisive, and determined than I was when it comes to how you represent you and yours with your dollar. Taking righteous action to stand up for the tangible and intangible well-being of yourself, your loved ones, and the world you live in.