I’m going to say a naughty word

If you are a grownup, you need to work out what to do by yourself. You can get advice and ideas from others but when it comes to actually taking positive action, you’ve got this! Go for it.

This may make a lot of you very angry but it needs to be said. One of the things that differentiated my first 15 years as President of the Australian Vaccination Network with the next 13+ was changing my paradigm to believing that it was my job to hold everyone’s hand and walk them through what needed to be done to expecting them to do things for themselves.

It didn’t do them any favours to enable their helplessness because they constantly had to come to the AVN for the simplest things they could have worked out for themselves.

It wasn’t their fault! Our society has taught us that we are not qualified, capable or able to make smart choices or take action – we need a socialist ‘dear leader’ to tell us what to do every step of the way. We need an ‘expert’ who is totally clueless (like the majority of mainstream medical doctors, for example) to give us advice and we should do whatever they tell us without asking questions.

The number of times I had someone call (yes, people really did use the phone back then! Halcyon days!) and tell me the problem they were having and ask – what should I do?

After spending hours on the call going over all the available choices only to see that they really could and did figure out the right answer themselves, I finally decided to say to them – I don’t know? What do YOU think you should do? Eureka moment that took me 15 years to achieve. I’m a slow learner…

You are the solution

The problems of the world today – which are considerable – aren’t going to fix themselves. It’s going to take you, and you and yes, you too – to do something. That ‘something’ should include (in no particular order):

• Calling to make an appointment to see your Federal Member of Parliament and, if they are within driving distance, your Senators too. They need to hear what you think about the direction this government is taking.Do you want to lose your freedom to speak, think and move freely once again? Do you feel that the ‘health’ authorities have the right to require you to be a guinea pig in order to go outside or work at your chosen profession? If so, stay home and don’t worry your little head. But if you think these choice are and should always be yours and yours alone, then they need to hear that.
• If you don’t want to go by yourself, contact, friends, family, on-side friends and go as a delegation. And once you’ve done this, write about it on social media and in the comments below to inspire others to do the same. Courage is contagious – infections aren’t.
• Speaking with anyone and everyone from strangers on the street to your significant other if they are not yet awake, about what is happening and how you feel about it. Don’t just go up to people willy-nilly and say – “Hi there, did you take the COVID jab?” No! But when the situation is right, and you will know when it is because after all, you’re an intelligent and perceptive adult who can do this, raise the issue and see where it leads.
• One thing that I’ve always found helpful is wearing a t-shirt that starts conversations. I have a huge range of them – from Ask Me Why I Don’t Vaccinate to My Body My Choice. You will be surprised (or maybe not), that in the last 4+ years, I have had many, many conversations like because of these shirts and not once has it led to anything other than questions or agreement. There are more of “us” out there than you would believe and even those who are asleep are starting to wake up and just need a little push. You can be the helper who gently and with love pushes them toward the truth.