I refuse to be sad! If I spend one moment dwelling on the situation in our country, I have the urge to cry. I want to cease reading or watching any kind of news. Optimism is hard to muster when a madman opens fire on a peaceful protest, with the escorting police officers his target. Politicians all strive to make their mark in the aftermath...and I just want to cry. This is the reality, I must face daily and yet I hope it will get better.
My life is pretty good. We live in a safe neighborhood. Our city is usually safe enough to move around without feeling threatened. We live comfortably, wanting for little. Good restaurants are available, entertainment is near and varied. Our house is on a hill overlooking a beautiful golf course and a lake beyond. Healthcare is readily available to us and we are well insured from the financial burden of same. Membership in a large loving church congregation soothes our spirit. So why am so troubled?
I ran across an article a few days ago that seemed to give rise to my melancholy. As a young person hearing the Russian Premier Kruchev tell our president that they would destroy us from within, I shuddered. He seemed so certain. As a young adult, the memory surfaced when I read Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals." The process for creating and controlling a population to create a social state seemed so simplistic, I refused to believe Americans would ever allow it to happen.. All of the principles from Alisky's formula are in place in our country today. I see a struggle to resist, but it is pathetically weak. Our children have been subject to an education that presents a social state as a sort of "Utopia" and selectively edits history and science. This will be their country to inherit.
I will not dwell on this any longer. Putting my concerns in writing gives me a bit of release, even as I hear a physician talk in a tear filled voice about the recent massacre. I must turn inward and be thankful for my many blessings. I have children and grandchildren that are part of our hope for the future. It is their future and I will not wallow in guilt for leaving them with it. I will enjoy life and love the people that make it worth living. I will keep my friends near and remember to talk to them often. I will do the projects and travel to the places that are my happy plans. Our pastor shared a passage I recognize. It gives me comfort.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Be joyful always. Pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. (NIV)
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