Civilly Disobedient By Catherine Viel

[Manuel Tavares]

Civilly Disobedient
By Catherine Viel
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All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.
~ Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience (ca. 1849)


I have become one of those people who doesn’t obey. And I’m not even stealthy about it.

Nor am I trying to be offensive. I’m simply realizing that I really do know what I want and need. What I wish to have present in my life. What elements in the circle of my world I wish to expand and grow.

Anything that does not fit my diamond-clear personal narrative has no place with me.

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The physical health realm is my Achilles’ heel. It’s still far too easy to succumb to programming and listen uncritically to advice from my so-called health care team. Since I believe they’re following directives from insurance companies, liability lawyers, and other money-making entities, I remind myself to use my circumspection muscle and keep the blind faith on a tight leash....+at
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