I've often said that
I would like to write every day. And further I've stated that I don't
consider writing to be too much of a chore. That is the actual act of
writing is not terribly difficult if I've got access to a computer,
and therefore a word processor. At that point the difficulty becomes,
what shall I write? And to be altogether honest it is not as if the
budding author really lacks for subject matter. Rather he or she is
always wondering if what has caught his eyes will appeal to the
general public or if he can attract an audience to his view point.
Today I thought that
I'd pause to make some observations about life. Lately I've been
homeless for one reason and another. While I've been homeless it has
been my privilege to be able to access at least some of the services
of the local rescue mission.
While taking my
meals there I've had a chance to meet some of the people who also eat
there, and to observe their behavior. Some people are like myself,
very appreciative of what we are given and respectful of the place
and its intentions (and I might say results) and others are not, they
seem to feel that the few rules that the mission imposes are a
hardship beyond bearing.
However I shall for
a while put aside such people and concentrate on one old man. This
man's name is George. From interacting with George I've come to
suspect that he is suffering from a mild case of Alzheimer’s
disease. Certainly every day he sees me and asks my name.
The one amazing
thing about George, though is watching everyone else who eats at the
mission deal with him. I've never seen anyone treat George in a
disrespectful manner. I might add that if I ever do see anyone treat
George in a disrespectful manner I will probably no longer be able to
eat at the mission. Part of the reason for that is that the mission,
like a lot of other organizations I've seen has forgotten that there
is a difference between fighting and evil. Indeed I might venture to
say that if we fail to fight evil wherever we see it then we yield to
evil and assure that it is able to advance its rule over the world.
Indeed to fail to fight evil is in and of itself more than an
expression of cowardice, it is in fact enabling evil in its intention
to eliminate good.
But a discussion of
good and evil is only a side line to what I wanted to say about
George. You see if we believed Barack Obama we would expect to see
George disrespected, if not for the fact of his illness, then for the
fact that he is among the few men with a dark skin among a large
group of men with light skin. But fortunately, unless Barack Obama
gets his way, the world will not work the way he believes it does.
For in reality most people will not disrespect the aged, not even if
they are of a different 'race'.
But if Barack Obama
continues to spew his line of hatred for those who do not look like
him then the world, not just the USA may plunge into a time when
'racism' is rampant. When men with black skins kill men with white
skins for no other reason than that they look different. I hope my
fear is unfounded, but little that I've seen in the past few years
gives me reason to hope. For at every turn Barack Obama has insisted
that any opposition to his policies amounts to racism on the part of
his opponent. Indeed he is unable to grant his opposition any
intention of good, rather reserving good intentions for himself
regardless of the actual results his policies produce.
