Alternative?

When did the Creator's plan for life, become labeled alternative?  If you don't use pharmaceuticals, it's Alternative Medicine.  Using wind and solar power is Alternative Energy.   Outside of the mainstream rat race is called the Alternative Lifestyle.  So in all of this, I'm introducing a new label, because I've already embraced Alternative Responsibility.

Our Creator did not make us to love money, or consider our value to be based on how much of that we have.  He had so much more planned for humanity than what we are settling for.  I've also noticed in this The One Percent and the 98%, greed is more prevalent in the 98%.  People certainly do not have to be wealthy to be greedy, and as a rule, the want, want, want mentality comes from the 98%, not the uber wealthy.  The wealthy class are not covetous because they can buy whatever they want.  They may compete amongst themselves, but The One Percent as a rule is not covetous of anything money can buy.

The Other 1 Percent has a fondness for the things money cannot buy.  And that's the Alternative Responsibility I want to address today.  Alternative Responsibility is interchangeable with the term Alternative Adulthood, but I thought if it catches on and becomes initials, AA has already been used.

Not to discount reality or encourage any irresponsibility.  Make sure you have enough provision to keep a roof over your head, food on the table, and a means of transportation or access to public transportation.  The rest is how you choose to spend the time and energy you've been given.

Here are the basics to embrace Alternative Responsibility.
Realize, to our Heavenly Father, we are children, so enjoy His creation as a child.  Name the animals, enjoy their individuality, and spend some time in the dirt.  Gardening is not only ordained for our food supply, it is very therapeutic.

Since we are in the image of our Creator, we are also creative, in one way or another.  Spend some time being creative.  Not everyone is an artist on canvas.  Some are creative chefs, some do needlework, quilting is all but a lost art, try an instrument, woodworking, something; just do something creative.  It literally rewires your thought process.  You may even discover you can make a living using your talent!

We are to rest one full day a week, and that is the seventh day.  Be sure to attend Biblical Feasts, as they are wonderful celebrations!

When I embraced Alternative Responsibility, I discovered my expenses dropped dramatically.  Most who were offering opinions inferred this alternative living to be irresponsible, but nearly everything that now bears the "alternative" adjective is actually the original.  Alternative Responsibility may be the only thing that leaves any semblance of a sustainable lifestyle for future generations.