Strange days indeed. I had other things written, particularly more on the luck of the draw. It’s not insignificant, at least not from my perspective, but later. The Bill Wynn series continues and is fun. A new installment will appear later tonight.
So this is really about gratitude. Like all families and individuals in this unusual time, my family has had its issues. But thanks to the grace of God, we are standing up on the right side of the earth. I have gratitude.
I won’t bore you with the specifics. But I will say to the atheists that when any individual mocks faith and begins to think s/he is the center of the universe…
I hope you get my drift people like you-know-who-you-are.
So if nothing else, this whole virus episode clearly demonstrates that we’re all winging it. Yes. Sad to say, we’re all winging it. Many of us are experts in what we know, in what we’ve studied, you know, like a master plumber is an expert. Even master plumbers run into new situations where they “don’t know what they’re doing” and have to “wing-it.”
When we start to think we know things we don’t really know… Do I need to finish the statement?
It gets worse when someone is in a position of power and uses that position wrongly. Start there with governments. Then remember, man is by nature selfish and greedy. Putin is the richest man in the world. He just doesn’t show up that way because his wealth is well hidden in the wealth of Russia. It’s co-joined, so to speak. He was a KGB agent. How do you get to be worth two hundred billion dollars as a KGB agent?
Why are the bulk of our politicians multi-millionaires?
All the dictators live like kings, and all our politicians live like princes and princesses.
That said, gratitude. I’m grateful I’m in the US. I’m grateful I’m alive, my family despite its health issues, is okay so far, safe so far, and doing okay. We have the simple things and much more. I’m grateful for that. I have a job, even in retirement, and in this time. I’m able to work from home. I’m grateful for that.
So many, many things to be grateful for, even if there is no toilet paper in the stores.
And then there’s more, so much more.
And on top of it all, I thank God for all.
So really, that’s today’s rant.
We are where we are at. It’s not a time for criticizing. It’s a time to be smart, to stay safe, and at least here in America to be thankful we are here in America.
