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Thought for the Day – Tug of War
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Social / Political, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged viewpoint, zealousness on May 16, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Thought for the Day – National Day of Prayer
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Social / Political, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged enlightenment, humanism, last days, moral relativism, National Day of Prayer, new religon, secular on May 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »
It may come as a surprise to some, but today is the National Day of Prayer. I can’t blame anyone who hasn’t heard, after all, it is no longer covered by the media. Like most things that pertain to the name of Jesus, it has been relegated to the fringe of our national consciousness. Ironically, a quick check of the Internet will remind you that it is Cinco De Mayo, and I’m sure that if it were “National Wash Your Pet Day”, that would get a mention as well. For (at least) the last 20 years the site where I work has held a National Day of Prayer gathering, where employees come together around the flagpole and pray for our nation. Not that many years ago it was a rather notable event, with the full support of management, and well attended by employees. But in recent years it has become a very intimate gathering, held in the parking lot. Though we were granted permission to meet during our lunch break, there seemed to be grave concern about the potential that someone might use a government owned printer to produce a flier for the event. Though I understand that there are rules about such things, I couldn’t help but notice that the level of concern wasn’t nearly so keen when it came time to printing bracket sheets for the NCAA Basketball Tournament (i.e. March Madness) a couple of months ago. But such is where we’ve arrived. I don’t say all of this to imply that people have become evil. In fact, had this been a hot dog fundraiser for someone with cancer, people would have gladly come and supported it. It’s not that our culture is embracing evil, it’s that we’re steadily redefining what is “good”.
I wrote the following article about five years ago, and at the time, many seemed to feel as though it was a rather harsh assessment. But as I re-read it today, I couldn’t help but feel that it is a shoe that fits us rather well.
America’s New National Religion
As I come dangerously close to reaching the half century mark, it is amazing to ponder the dramatic cultural changes that I have witnessed. As a child of 1960’s, I was born just as the counter-culture movement was reaching full swing and to be sure, those were tumultuous days. By the end of that decade it seemed as though the revolution had truly begun; but in just a few short years (i.e. by the mid 1970’s) the movement seemed to fizzle into a haze of disillusionment, cocaine and disco music. Initially, it didn’t seem as though this war on the “establishment” had been very successful in significantly transforming “mainstream” thinking; but with the benefit of hindsight, it has become clear that the impact was far greater than anyone could have imagined.
Considering the forty years that proceeded that period, it’s easy to see that the stage was set for something dramatic. The people had grown weary from decades of constant struggle (e.g. World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War…) and they were restless to break out of that cycle. As the country found itself on the threshold of yet another significant conflict (i.e. the Cold War / the Vietnam War), the collective fortitude began to waiver. Many weren’t sold on the idea that America needed to engage in this latest battle, as the voices of dissent began to grow louder. After years of largely standing united against the external forces of adversity, many started to doubt the wisdom of that approach for the future.
In many ways it was a perfect storm and it ushered in a decade of great cultural upheaval. Most Sociologists would likely characterize this as a time of “enlightenment”, whereby traditional doctrines and values were questioned; and where concerns over the rights of the individual began to gain traction against the concept of what might be needed for the good of the whole nation. Amongst those cultural elements that were challenged was the largely Judeo-Christian based value system that had been so prevalent during the war years. From the earliest days of the movement, the seeds of secular humanism began to find fertile ground in the minds of its purveyors. One aspect of this assault on traditional values was the overt sexuality that would eventually become a hallmark of the movement. While the general public did not necessarily embrace the hedonism of the counter-culture, there is no doubt that there was a definitive shift in mainstream ideas about what was both normal and acceptable.
Although there is no doubt that the culture was changed by those years, I would submit that the greatest impact was still yet to be seen. By the late 1970’s America was fully emerged in the Cold War era and seemed to have returned to some new state of normal. At least on the surface, our national trajectory did not appear to be greatly altered; but within the collective consciousness, the seeds of this revolution continued to germinate. Culturally, as we opened our minds to “new truths”, our belief in absolutes progressively eroded; and with the explosion of new technologies, our sense of self-reliance continued to grow. With each successive generation, our thinking moved steadily toward moral relativism and secular humanism. Truths that were once perceived as etched in stone became like balls of clay, which could be molded and shaped into whatever form might suit us. Our concept of freedom shifted from maintaining a national landscape of opportunity to establishing an atmosphere of personal autonomy and entitlement. Little by little, who we are and what we stand for, steadily migrated away from where we’d been as a nation.
Despite this migration, I do not believe that it would be accurate to say that we’ve arrived at a purely secular humanist point of view. As an inherently religious nation, we’ve retained many of the trappings of our Judeo-Christian past; and instead of becoming a culture of atheists and/or agnostics, we’ve simply revised our brand of religion. Despite our pension for rationalization, the vast majority of Americans still consider themselves to be “spiritual” and to believe in some form of “higher power”. In keeping with the theme of moral relativism, we’ve chosen to retain those aspects of God and religion that we feel comfortable with and to disregard the rest. This has created a strange amalgam of beliefs that are based on wildly diverse concepts, such as the Bible, Hedonism, Capitalism, Marxist Socialism, the “American Dream” and Darwinian Theory. Despite the confusion caused by attempting to merge these disparate views, our culture seems to pursue this ideology with such fervor that this hybrid of religious-humanism should likely be characterized as a religion unto itself. Though many still identify themselves as being a part of one of the more established religious traditions, this new paradigm has largely replaced anything that might pass for an orthodox theology.
In this new religion, we still extol the virtues of faith; but now that faith is rooted in the basic goodness of mankind, in the advances in our technology, in the power of our self-realization and in the superiority of our ideologies. It also acknowledges the value of hope; but that hope is based on the idea that every generation should do better than the one that came before it, and that America is somehow destined to live at a level that is far beyond what the rest of the world does. It also believes in the concept of love, but does not bind itself to the constraints of things like loyalty, self-sacrifice or turning the other cheek. Ultimately, this new theology will accept a god who “is love”, but not one who would attempt to hold a man accountable for his deeds. It will embrace things like angels and prayers and heaven; but it will not accept any orthodox view of sin, hell or judgment to come.
Despite the fact that many of these ideas (e.g. enlightenment, humanism, socialism…) are old and have a track record of utter failure, our new found faith frees us from feeling bound to their history; as we are confident that we have somehow evolved beyond the level of those cultures that came before us. Because of the numerous contradictions inherent in this patchwork of philosophies, it seems almost immune to rational criticism. After all, if one can reconcile this belief system, it seems doubtful that facts or logic would hold much sway. If anything, our culture seems to be aiming for ambiguity, as a means to head off the potential for accountability. Within our new value system, the only thing that is truly sacred is our right to choose our own way.
Even those who perceive themselves as the guardians of orthodox religion have largely compromised the purity of their message in an attempt to remain “culturally relevant”. In Christendom, the gospel has been blended with the “American Dream”, to create a message of endless, God ordained, prosperity; or with secular marketing strategies, in the name of evangelism or with futurist doctrines, under the guise of advancing the kingdom of God. A recipe that’s proven successful at many of the country’s most popular ministries is to mix a little motivational talk, with a pinch of self-help seminar and a cup of musical theater; all served up in the comfort of a posh coffee bar. It’s all about making the people feel comfortable and to keep them coming back for more; which just happens to play well with the populist view.
For the remnant, who still stubbornly cling to the ancient texts of the Bible, this all should come as no real surprise. The Apostle Paul told Timothy, “For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths (2 Tim 4:3-4).” In his letter to the Colossians he warned, “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ (Col 2:8)”; and in speaking of the end times he said, “There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having a form of godliness, but denying it’s power (2 Tim 3:1-5)”. As I turn on the television or listen to the radio or look at my computer or even just attend one of my kid’s ballgames, I can’t help but think that this is becoming a pretty fair description of our culture. Ultimately it is the fruit of our new national religion.
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Hollow Mansion – Revisited
Posted in Commentaries, Free Verse / Poetry, Opinions, Social / Political, Word Pictures, tagged facade, fame and fortune, hollow, iconic stars, Michael Jackson, painkillers, Prince, star studded funeral, Whitney Houston on April 26, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Our culture has an endless fascination with the rich and famous, which becomes especially acute when an iconic star passes away (e.g. Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston…). Last week’s untimely death of pop music star, “Prince” is a case in point. For days, or sometimes weeks, the media is saturated with images of the star, clips of weeping fans, tributes from other celebrities, intrigue about the facts surrounding their death, a sudden burst of interest in their catalog from decades ago, often times revisionist retrospectives of their body of work, a slow parade of alleged insiders who claim to have some new tidbit of information, and sometimes even a star-studded funeral to send them off. We tend to view their life through the lens of their glorious accomplishments and their vast renown; but I would suggest that more often than not they pass from this life broken and alone. The myth of fame and fortune is stripped bare by death. I doubt seriously that anyone has ever asked that their gold records, or Grammy award, or Oscar, or Olympic Medal be brought to their bedside as they face their final minutes. Ultimately, the quality of a life isn’t defined by its shiniest moments, but by those day to day instances when no one is looking. In the end, it will be about who we have loved, and who has loved us. The piece that follows is something I wrote years ago to portray the emptiness of such an existence. For me, fame and fortune is like this hollow mansion.
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Hollow Mansion
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My eyes flick open to the dim light of the pre-dawn morning
and my head throbs with the dull ache of the night before
There is a beautiful woman lying beside me
but I find myself straining to remember her name
When she wakes, I’ll have to pretend that last night meant something to me
but for now, I couldn’t be more alone
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As I stare at the ornate ceiling of this massive room
I can see all the cracks along its edges
They not only speak of the sandy soil on which this estate was built
they testify to the weak foundation of this new life that I have established
While everyone else’s eyes are naturally drawn to the beautiful gold trim
all I can see is the fractured façade
While they all seem to notice the extravagant furnishings in each room
I find myself focusing on the vast empty space created by every high ceiling
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These thoughts take me back to the water stained ceiling of my childhood bedroom
and I find myself wondering whatever became of that little boy
I also remember lying awake in a little trailer, many years ago
wondering how I was going to support my young bride & our new baby
Back then, paying the bills was my greatest struggle
but now that those debts are more than covered, I’m struggling with the price that was paid
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I’d trade everything I’ve gained to erase the hurt and confusion in my children’s faces
as I pulled our family apart on the way to making my own dreams come true
I’d give it all back for the woman who loved me
when I had nothing to offer other than a desire to share her life
I’d gladly forfeit the drafty halls of this hollow mansion
for the warmth of the place that I used to call home
I’ve finally figured out that it’s better to have one person who loves you for who you really are
than to have ten thousand who love the person they imagine you to be
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Unfortunately, by the time I came to understand this, it was too late
As the raging waters of my desire had already swept away any moorings for a bridge back
So as the first rays of the sun begin to creep across the windows
I swallow a couple of painkillers to prepare for the day that lies ahead
And as the beautiful stranger lying next to me stirs from her sleep
I push my face into a smile and utter, “Good morning darling”
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The Deportation of an Average Joe (A Political Rant)
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Social / Political, tagged Adolph Hitler, average Joe, Cold War, common courtesy, common decency, complex problems, empty rhetoric, for the middle class, fundamentalist, God fearing, hater, humanism, increase the minimum wage, intolerant, judgmental, moral relativism, shortage of real jobs, simple solutions, the average American, third world economy, tolerance, USSR on April 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I’ve always considered myself to be a fairly average guy. I was a pretty average student in school, (at my best) an average athlete on the field, a somewhat average looking guy, whose built a rather typical middle class life. Or so I thought. I guess that all this averageness caused me to assume that my beliefs and values were to some degree typical of the average American. But with each passing year, it becomes clearer to me that, somewhere along the line, my worldview has slipped to the fringe of our culture, and that my value system has become so out of step with the norm that it could now be viewed as radical.
I was raised to be a “God fearing” man, which didn’t mean that God was going to reach out of heaven and squash me like a grape if I screwed up. But it was with the understanding that God’s ways are higher than my ways, and that just because I don’t understand doesn’t mean that He’s not doing what’s best in the long run. Though the Bible wasn’t thumped in my house, no one would dare consider disregarding the parts we didn’t like. So when we were collectively described as a “God fearing nation” I just assumed that this is what other people believed as well. But from what I’ve seen and read in the last few decades, it appears that most people in our culture feel as though they get to dictate to God what they’re willing to accept and not accept. Though the vast majority still believe in some sort of higher power, and consider themselves to be “spiritual”, few would claim to “serve” God, or to know Him in any sort of specific way. He has largely become a nameless, faceless entity, who has little or no say in the daily affairs of men. My radical position is that God is a person, He has a name, and that I am here to serve His purposes (while He’s under no obligation to serve mine). No doubt, to many I would be considered a fundamentalist.
I was also raised to believe in right and wrong. Which meant that there were definite standards for behavior and consequences for not adhering to them. While we understood that everyone didn’t believe the same things we did, there was a “common decency” and “common courtesy” that most folks abided by. We were taught that every person was made in the image of God, and therefore worthy of respect. But our society’s embrace of humanism and moral relativism have made that an antiquated viewpoint. In today’s world insinuating that something is wrong gets you branded as “a hater”. After all, who are you to judge someone else’s choices. Ironically, I’ve found that those who vehemently preach “tolerance” end up being the least tolerant of those who disagree with them (e.g. berating and mocking them on social media). My radical position is that there are definitive standards for right and wrong, and that the failure to recognize them brings about inevitable consequences. No doubt, to many this would qualify me as both judgmental and intolerant.
Because I was raised during the Cold War, I got to see first-hand what it looked like when a government gained control of its people. Witnessing the oppression of those living in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and hearing how their government controlled media perpetuated the illusion that the government was serving the people (as opposed to the other way around) left a lasting impression on me. Being born at the tail end of the Baby Boom, my parents lived through the second World War. Their generation witnessed one of the most accomplished, progressive, and democratic republics in the world fall under the spell of a mad man (i.e. Adolph Hitler), based largely on his criticism of the incumbent regime and the promise to make their country great again. Thus, I find myself wildly out of step with both those who wish to invite the government into every aspect of their lives (e.g. give me a cellphone, pay for my groceries, give me health insurance, find me a job, pay for my college…) and those who have staked their hope in a man of questionable character, who claims that he can somehow make our country great again. Ultimately, which ever candidate ascends to the White House will do so beholding to the Political Action Committees (PACs) and Super-PACs that funded and facilitated their victory. This is why, despite every candidates claim to be “for the middle class”, the rich keep getting richer, and the poor keep getting poorer, and the middle class continues to evaporate. My radical position on this is that neither the Republican nor the Democratic Party truly represent me, nor do they really serve the best interests of their constituency. I suppose this makes me a skeptic, and at the very least, an Independent.
As someone who’s lived more than a half a century, I’ve learned that simple solutions are rarely effective in addressing complex problems. More often than not, the person who starts the sentence with “all we have to do is…” has failed to grasp the intricacies of the issue. Problem solving is more like working with a Rubik’s Cube; about the time you get one side red, you’ve screwed up the blue side. An example of this would be the movement to raise the minimum wage. Since you can’t really raise a family on a minimum wage salary, popular logic is that we need to increase that amount. Which seems pretty simple, until you consider the implications of such a move. What does doubling the salary of all their employees do to most small businesses, which tend to operate on the very edge of solvency. And if all those friendly faces at your local McDonalds are getting paid $15.00 an hour, how much is that Big Mac going to cost. Do people really believe that the cost of this won’t simply be passed on to consumers. I would submit that the real problem is that minimum wage jobs were never meant to be a means of supporting a family. They were designed for young people working their way through school, or as second jobs to supplement income. The actual issue is the lack of substantive employment (e.g. factory jobs, trades…) for adult people who are trying to make a life for themselves. This shortage of real jobs (with real benefits) has caused people to take jobs (e.g. delivering newspapers, cutting grass, delivering pizzas…) that have traditionally belonged to the kids. Raising the minimum wage won’t fix that issue, it will simply drive up the cost of everything associated with those businesses, and once again, it is the middle class who will absorb that loss. This is just one of many issues where our government officials continue to fail us. Whatever the solution, it won’t be found by bi-partisan bickering and name calling. My radical position is that until we find some representatives who are willing to address the real issues, in a constructive and meaningful way, we are doomed to continue down the path toward a third world economy. And as long as the electorate continues to buy into the empty rhetoric that passes for political debate, we should expect nothing better than what we’ve got now.
I’m not sure what that makes me, but it’s definitely not an “Average Joe”.
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Thought for the Day – Comparing Apples to Apples
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Social / Political, tagged Albert Einstein, checks and balances, corrupt, electoral process, electorate, empty rhetoric, for the people, founding fathers, governing class, of the people, state of our government, veiled deceptions on April 7, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I can’t help but marvel at the circus our electoral process has become; though it seems ironically representative of the sad state of our government in general. It’s amazing how far we’ve strayed from the idea of a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”. Despite the checks and balances our founding fathers tried to infuse into the system, it has become very lucrative to gain membership into the elite governing class. While I don’t struggle to understand those who lustily crave the obvious benefits that come with joining this exclusive club, I am truly baffled by an electorate who seem eager to swallow every morsel of empty rhetoric, and fall for even the most thinly veiled deceptions. From a strictly spiritual perspective, the same deceptive and corrupt spirit that fuels the current regime seems to be motivating the hoards that hope to take their seats aboard the gravy train. It reminds me of something Albert Einstein once said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
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Thought for the Day – Truth, Justice and the American Way
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Social / Political, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged justice and the American way, truth on March 15, 2016| 1 Comment »
We Christians need to be careful that we don’t confuse God with Superman. While the “Man of Steel” may be committed to the fight for “truth, justice, and the American way”, our God is only bound to two of those three causes.
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Thought for the Day – Feeling Worthless
Posted in Commentaries, Heart of "The Father", Opinions, Social / Political, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged feeling worthless, His workmanship, like my status, made in God's image, self image on February 23, 2016| 1 Comment »
This morning, I was scrolling through our Facebook news feed, looking for a post from my kid’s school principal, when a couple of items caught my eye. The first one was from a female, who’s name I didn’t recognize, and it said something about not feeling beautiful enough. I assumed that this was probably from a girl my kids go to school with, and I thought about how sad it was that she would feel this way about herself. As a man with a mom, a sister, a wife and daughters, I know far too many women who battle self-image issues, and I hate the messages that our culture sends to them. Unfortunately, without knowing this girl, there wasn’t really anything I could say, so I said a little prayer and moved on.
Further down the news feed I encountered another post, from this same person, that said that she felt “worthless”, and a sense of urgency began to well up in me. I couldn’t help but conclude that this girl was crying out for help, and I wondered if she had anyone in her life who was looking out for her well-being. When I checked to see if anyone had commented on her status, I noticed that 4 people had “liked” the post, and that really confused me. What exactly does “liking” that status mean. Is it, “Yeah, I feel worthless too”, or “Yeah, you are worthless”, or “I like that you’re feeling worthless”, or was it something else? Of all the responses I could have to that message, hitting the “like” button seemed to be the last thing I would consider.
Not knowing what to do, I tried to write some words of encouragement to this person. Of course, I realize that flowery words from a complete stranger may not make much of a difference, but I couldn’t bring myself to do nothing. After I hit “Post”, I thought of some other things I meant to say, so I’ve revised that message below. And while it was originally written with this hurting girl in mind, I offer it to anyone who is struggling to see the beauty and value of who they were made to be.
One night, long ago, your Creator was stirred in His heart, and that stirring became His inspiration to create you. He formed you with His very own hands, and with painstaking detail He fashioned your heart. There is nothing about your being that is a mistake or an oversight; each part of you was created with intent and purpose. Who you were made to be is not just the accumulation of past experiences, good or bad. You were made to be a reflection of the heart of your Creator, and as such, there is something of Him that is uniquely revealed in you. His light and life can show through you in a way that can be expressed by no other creation. If you do not become who He made you to be, there is an aspect of Him that the world might never see. You are a one of a kind, unique across all of time, and irreplaceable. When He was done forming you, He sat back and admired His work. He still does. He knit you together in your mother’s womb; He created your inner most being; all the days ordained for you were written in His book, before one of them came to pass. You are His workmanship. Only He knows the real you, and it is only through Him that we can come to understand who we were made to be. He yearns for you to find all the good things that He wove into your being; He yearns for you to know the truth about you, and about Him. You are significant because you were made in His image, and He’s destined you to return to Him.
If you will let Him, He will touch others through you. There may well be people in your future who will need your help in order to reach their destiny. You may be their lifeline at some point. Don’t let today’s discouragement keep you from arriving at that moment. God has plans for you – plans to give you hope and a future!
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Thought for the Day – Facing Adversity
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Parenting / Family, Social / Political, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged adversity, preparing our children, raising grandkids, struggles of adult life on January 26, 2016| 2 Comments »
Back in October, my oldest son broke his arm while playing high school football; and what I thought would be a relatively quick run to the emergency room turned into days of hospitalization and multiple surgeries. Late on that first evening, while under the influence of some pretty strong pain medication, he said, “I wish this had never happened”. And as he drifted off to sleep, I thought about how often life presents us with situations that we wish had never happened. Sickness, injury, car trouble, divorce, unexpected bills, loss of a loved one, bad grades, getting laid off, missing the game winning shot, identity theft, unplanned pregnancy, a traffic ticket, betrayal, addiction… It seems that the fabric of our days has many such threads woven into it.
In light of that fact, I began to wonder how well we’ve prepared our kids to face that kind of adversity. Unwittingly, and in the name of protecting them, we can run out in front of our kids, removing every obstacle from their path, and at times, even going back to clean up their messes behind them. We rationalize that we’re trying to give them every advantage, and get them off to a good start. But too often they emerge from childhood totally unprepared to cope with the inherent struggles of adult life. While the instinct to protect our children, and to do for them, isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it must be balanced with the need to prepare them to go out and make a life of their own. Too many people of my generation are raising their grandkids, and/or paying their adult children’s bills; and often times that is simply the fruit of seeds that we unintentionally planted along the way.
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Thought for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Social / Political, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged Martin Luther King Jr., talk is cheap on January 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Despite being a person who has taken the time to publish a few books, write hundreds of articles, and produce countless presentations over the years, I have to say that most talk is incredibly cheap. Though words have the potential to be powerful within the right context, they rarely find that setting. And even when they do, they can still come up empty if they’re not backed up with corresponding action. It’s so easy to say that we believe in something, when that belief doesn’t cost us anything. But the truth of our heart is revealed when it comes time to put hands and feet on our rhetoric. If we’re not willing to get out of our comfort zone, or make a sacrifice, or even just risk being criticized, our words mean nothing.
Our nation was once renowned for its creativity, productivity, and resilience; but in recent decades we’ve largely become a culture of big talkers, who produce very little. On a day when we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr, it seems a good time to remember that it wasn’t just the eloquence of his speech that made such an impact. Ultimately, it was a life lived as profoundly as the words he spoke. We, and the leaders of our nation, would do well to follow his example.
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16 Thoughts for the 2016 Graduates
Posted in Commentaries, Lists, Opinions, Parenting / Family, Social / Political, tagged Class of 2016, graduates, graduation, happy, Journey, misery, thoughts for graduates, what you believe about yourself on May 17, 2016| 2 Comments »
There is an old saying that goes something like, “I wish I knew back then what I know now”. And as I look back to my own graduation, here are some of those things I wish I had understood.
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