i rarely watch the news but thought i would tune in tonight. not to be a "moto" (master of the obvious) but the world as we know it will never be as it once was. just read the list of words that were used in the first seven minutes of the newscast.
suspicion
alarm
bomb
cuts
total loss
violent
major damage
shut down
eliminate
misleading
no other way
deficiet
not enough money
short fall
debt
my heart is heavy. i shall turn the tv back off again. it is not that i want to live a life of oblivion but i do not possess the ability to affect the things i saw and now i carry them with me.
i express my hope and desire that some day i could watch the news and somewhere buried between all of the horrible things that are reported the following words might be tucked away
thanks
enough
selfless
again
helpful
kind
gave
stood
honor
success
weathered
sacrificed
until that day i will remain optimistic (and most likely uninformed).
Thus my passion for shows such as "How it's made" or the Discovery channel when I turn it on to relax once in a blue moon... :)
ReplyDeleteStaci,
ReplyDeleteWould that I had a simple solution to it all. The dilemma that reaches me each day is how can I be a person of conscience and yet not fall into despair and rush into the arms of Oblivion or Nihilism? It is what we are called to do.
Amy and I have an answer, it is our boys and our lives. We try to live into the Love of God and express that love everywhere and at all times. We fail to be sure, but that is the only real hope we have. Hope is what we need, not mindless optimism which is the silly stepsister of Oblivion above.
So if I may let me pass on to you the answer which most gives me hope in these times, "Be still and know that I am God."
Take care Staci
Ad Astra Per Aspera,
Kevin