For the past several months I have stayed away from political banter. It tends to infuriate some folks, goes unread by others, and basically is ignored...probably rightfully so. Too often the banter raves on with untruths, half-truths, and no-truths and that makes it stupid bantering!
I feel that today, each person has an opinion. Some opinions I agree with and some I totally disagree with, but since that is their opinion, I am glad to hear that they have one. We must always debate in our own way, in our own privacy, what we believe is debatable.
My wife and I took a test on our beliefs, politically, the other day. She is a Centralist, I am a borderline right-ringer. With this said, she likes to spend money on things I consider frivolous, while I spend money on things that the thinks are worthless. My point, she has her opinon and I have mine.
My father had two sons, one was short, the other medium height. The shorter one was better looking, and the taller one seemed to lack those glamor genes. Well, as things turned out, the older one went on to heaven ahead of the younger one and the younger one is still teaching Sunday school in hopes that his new way of looking at things, a little over the older brother's head, will suffice to get him to the great reward at the end of his life.
I have a friend who had two sons. One was tall, and was and is, for the most part, very happy. Poor, but happy. The other son has done very well, has money, buys things, but sometimes it is a concern as to his happiness. The moral here is...well, if there is one at all, it is better to be tall?
Kidding aside, we need to take a look at our beliefs, our understanding of things going on around us, and make a decision as to whether we are going the right direction. Are we too short or too tall in our thinking? Have we done any research to see where we, or where our country is going? Has it been easier to just accept things because we always have, or would it be better, although requiring a bit of effort, to open our eyes and take a good look around?
I can't help but remember Jack Kennedy's comment about "It is not what the country can do for us, but rather what can we do for our country?" He was right, and his party affiliation was not important. Are we relying too much on a government that through the years has grown too tall but with short genes and now can't pay its debts while we, the short people, are taking all we can rather than giving something back?
