World
Events and the Human Condition
On
the Ukraine—it could be wished that all other countries would stay out of their
affairs and let them work things out for themselves. It’s impossible for
everyone there to get everything they want but compromise is less likely if
outsiders promise they can. Perfect example of the age-old human struggle—is it
more important to be right or to cooperate toward peace? “Blessed are the
peacemakers.”
The
kidnapped girls in Nigeria—slavery and rape are justified responses to a girl
wanting to learn? Improving one’s knowledge is cause for a holy war, a jihad? It’s
easy to be furious at the kidnappers. Those who believe they are righteous,
never swayed by self-interest, and therefore sufficiently wise to judge and set
punishment on everyone else are lost to their own lack of knowledge.
If one is a person of faith, everything
learned is filtered through that faith. Thinking what you learn will somehow
detract from your beliefs seems a grave fear that your faith is weak. I’ll pray
for the kidnappers’ enlightenment, comfort for the parents, and the safe
release of those poor children.
On
a Positive Note
I
see and hear about things people do every day that are filled with caring. I
know little about poetry but I see no reason not to celebrate the goodness I
see how I feel it.
Sing
Sing to clouds so low you might touch
them
Sing to blue skies you wish you could
paint
Play to soft, flower-laden breezes
Play to moonbeams tickling the earth
Sing of the eternal masked in a kindness
and
Rainbow-colored dewdrops sparkling with
mirth
Next
time in the Point of the Gospel—John
and Jesus are born.
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