There has been much going on in my life lately. In a life that was basically humdrum, I have turned it upside down and back up again. I have enjoyed the change but I will admit that change is often a bit scary. Sometimes I wonder, what if? But then I think of how I was not doing anything before. I was not happy at my job, I was not happy with my boys' decisions. I had a few joys like my grandchildren and then they moved.
So my own move has been good and it is always good when you realize you still have room to grow. I believe the biggest part has been that I really do have dreams left in my heart. I have hopes for myself that I did not find possible that suddenly have become reachable. Shocking, life is truly a mystery and a joy. So what I would say to most is don't think you are ever at the end or stuck, something will happen to change it, if you only believe that it can happen.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
CHANGE, THE AMERICAN WAY
We are nearing the dawn of a new president and change he says, he will bring to this country. The country needs change but in what form? Do we need children in schools having to think about issues like the contents of the Pledge of Allegiance? Do we need to bail out BIG BUSINESS that has managed to pay themselves millions of dollars in salaries but now cannot keep their businesses afloat?
Changes like these are far from what our fore fathers would have ever thought possible for our country to deal with in a government venue. The Pledge of Allegiance was established to encourage our sons and daughters to believe in this great country. To take one word from it would be a disgrace to all who have toiled in and fought for this country.
Bailing out BIG BUSINESS is just a coward's way of getting through a bad situation. That has not been the way of the AMERICAN. We have not ever chosen a coward's path. We came to this country and founded towns and government. We travelled into the wilderness with women and children, young and old to create more opportunities for our families. In saying that, we did not make wise choices in all our endeavors going west. We surely should have taken more pride in the original AMERICAN, the INDIAN.
So change will happen as it always does, but we need not sacrifice our core beliefs to make some happy or fulfilled. Not everything should be an issue to bring up before God and country. Let the little children say their pledge and stay young and let the old bastards that got themselves into trouble work themselves out of it.
Changes like these are far from what our fore fathers would have ever thought possible for our country to deal with in a government venue. The Pledge of Allegiance was established to encourage our sons and daughters to believe in this great country. To take one word from it would be a disgrace to all who have toiled in and fought for this country.
Bailing out BIG BUSINESS is just a coward's way of getting through a bad situation. That has not been the way of the AMERICAN. We have not ever chosen a coward's path. We came to this country and founded towns and government. We travelled into the wilderness with women and children, young and old to create more opportunities for our families. In saying that, we did not make wise choices in all our endeavors going west. We surely should have taken more pride in the original AMERICAN, the INDIAN.
So change will happen as it always does, but we need not sacrifice our core beliefs to make some happy or fulfilled. Not everything should be an issue to bring up before God and country. Let the little children say their pledge and stay young and let the old bastards that got themselves into trouble work themselves out of it.
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