For years I have always said we protect our young to much.  To much some say, how can that be? Well simple.  I have found that what we protect them from today, in the long run causes them more harm than good.  Take dirt for example.  Years ago us young ones played out in sandboxes, fields, barns, you name it.  Most of what we touched went into our mouth at one time or another.  Or in our eyes and nose.  Sure good old Mom made sure we washed before we ate our lunch, but that was the extent of it. Even then it was touch and go do you remember the looks of them towels after we got done washing? She wasn’t running outside every five minutes to tell us not to eat a juicy old worm or a bit of dirt.  She also didn’t tell us to stop petting the pig, horse or cow.  Reason being she just didn’t have the time for most parts, but more importantly she felt it wasn’t necessary.   What happens is, if left alone our bodies build up immunities to hundreds of diseases which in turn helps us in  later life. How we do this or should say how we did this, was by being dirty and getting it into our system.  Did you ever even stop to think that everything we eat is grown in dirt.  Never entered your mind right?    Today we got all these antibacterial soaps, to many to name. Flu shots, vaccinations.  What they are doing is making things worse and now today we are finding out the consequences for using them.  Thing is though, that a lot of these health officials and pharmaceutical companies are saying they are good for your health.   People today I believe are easily led and pretty well believe what ever these folks tell them to be true.  Just that in itself proves my theory to be correct as if one just looks at the way folks minds have changed over the years, that should send up red flags gall-or.  The sickness that is upon us is another thing, young and old dying or laying sick in hospitals more now than ever before.  You just got to look around folks, it’s easy to see. I can’t for the life of me understand why we stand for all these shenanigans.  Just don’t make sense.  I also believe we have to let your young ones make mistakes in other areas too. It is ok to let them know about something, say an investment that you feel might not be quite right but that is as far as one should go.  Even then it is a touchy part of a young ones life that we are messing with.   Now don’t get me wrong, if we see a young feller or gal, say going to pull down a bee hive or something like that, yes I would try my best to stop them.  I can remember years ago I was told not to touch the hot wood stove door.  Did I listen, heck no, soon as Laura the lady of the house turned her back, I reached over and tried to open it.  Did she try and stop me the second time? No, she had told me once and let me then make up my own mind. It was up to me whether I listened to her warning. Well let me tell ya.  I learned and never touched it again.  I did get a bit of help after as she got the butter tray down and rubbed it on the burn.  I hope you get my meaning folks. We have to sometimes just let nature take its course as that is what we are, nature. We also got to put our foot down with all these things today. Take back the reigns and start running our own life and not depend on others to do things for us.  If we did that, we all would be a lot better off.  My opinion only.   Have a great Christmas