"Never let your right hand know what your left hand is doing", was something my mother always said when she was imparting her wisdom to my tender ears. She was referring to acts of kindness or charity. We should never brag of our work. Or at least that is what I took it to mean.
But it also applies to our world outside of the church and I never really understood what that meant until I started paying attention to our politicians and public leaders. What brought this to my attention was a headline I just saw over on my news feed. "Unnamed prominent person fights to keep Epstein records sealed." Now I know what she meant!
I am pretty sure I can guess who it is, but then again, maybe not. Oh, wait! Do I care? Not really. Our politicians today are all so screwed up that it is just a matter of whose sins are bigger and how many bodies are hidden. And all of those things are covered up and if not covered, then buried in public view. Does anyone remember Chappaquiddick? Watergate? Clarence Thomas and the infamous Coke can? Did any of that change history? Nope. Not one iota. More importantly, do the participants remember what they did? Hell no! It is old news.
Our nation is in crisis and we are bombarded with news of pedophiles, sexual assaults, disrespect and anything to keep our minds off of what is really going on in our nation. Our government is spending money like it was free and the upper echelon does not even pay taxes. But we do! We set here like a bunch of ducks in a barrel waiting to be harvested by bigger guns than our military carries, because we have our second amendment rights! Give me an effen break!
Now I am not here to give you a lesson in morality because most of you should be old enough to know right from wrong, but it seems a lot of our leaders in this tumultuous times are keeping a lot of secrets and on an almost daily basis we read of one of our reputable leaders falling from grace. Oh, trust me, there are a few things I did back in my wicked past that could come back to haunt me, but this would mean somebody has a way better memory than I do because I have pretty much forgotten my dark days. That, coupled with the fact that I have out lived most of my cronies, allows me to sleep soundly at night.
Washington is a hot bed of corruption and we turn our backs and walk away. It used to be we could "vote the rascals out", but with Russia in charge of our ballot box, we stand little chance on that front. But you know what I think? I really feel that some where in this hot bed of filth that is now our government, there are a few decent people who really care.
My mother was a Republican and she was a good person, so I am sure that not all of them are bad. But we have to research our candidates from the township election clear up to the presidential ballot. From the city, to the county, to the state, to the federal. Every damned one of them. Vote like your life depended on it, because with our environment in the shape it is in, it does!
Another one my daughter pulled out of her hat was "What doesn't kill you, will make you strong." That one pretty well puts it all in prospective for me.
But it also applies to our world outside of the church and I never really understood what that meant until I started paying attention to our politicians and public leaders. What brought this to my attention was a headline I just saw over on my news feed. "Unnamed prominent person fights to keep Epstein records sealed." Now I know what she meant!
I am pretty sure I can guess who it is, but then again, maybe not. Oh, wait! Do I care? Not really. Our politicians today are all so screwed up that it is just a matter of whose sins are bigger and how many bodies are hidden. And all of those things are covered up and if not covered, then buried in public view. Does anyone remember Chappaquiddick? Watergate? Clarence Thomas and the infamous Coke can? Did any of that change history? Nope. Not one iota. More importantly, do the participants remember what they did? Hell no! It is old news.
Our nation is in crisis and we are bombarded with news of pedophiles, sexual assaults, disrespect and anything to keep our minds off of what is really going on in our nation. Our government is spending money like it was free and the upper echelon does not even pay taxes. But we do! We set here like a bunch of ducks in a barrel waiting to be harvested by bigger guns than our military carries, because we have our second amendment rights! Give me an effen break!
Now I am not here to give you a lesson in morality because most of you should be old enough to know right from wrong, but it seems a lot of our leaders in this tumultuous times are keeping a lot of secrets and on an almost daily basis we read of one of our reputable leaders falling from grace. Oh, trust me, there are a few things I did back in my wicked past that could come back to haunt me, but this would mean somebody has a way better memory than I do because I have pretty much forgotten my dark days. That, coupled with the fact that I have out lived most of my cronies, allows me to sleep soundly at night.
Washington is a hot bed of corruption and we turn our backs and walk away. It used to be we could "vote the rascals out", but with Russia in charge of our ballot box, we stand little chance on that front. But you know what I think? I really feel that some where in this hot bed of filth that is now our government, there are a few decent people who really care.
My mother was a Republican and she was a good person, so I am sure that not all of them are bad. But we have to research our candidates from the township election clear up to the presidential ballot. From the city, to the county, to the state, to the federal. Every damned one of them. Vote like your life depended on it, because with our environment in the shape it is in, it does!
Another one my daughter pulled out of her hat was "What doesn't kill you, will make you strong." That one pretty well puts it all in prospective for me.
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