My ability to write, to concentrate, and to pray has disappeared over the past week.
Its a direct result of what’s happening in the country.
I believe that liberty is a gift from God. I find the words of Thomas Jefferson to be exactly true.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
As it became apparent that health reform would pass, my ability to embrace quiet left me.
No matter what I was doing, I was distracted. The arrogance of my government, and the potential ramifications of what they have chosen to do, are too complicated to explain, or even to grasp.
On one hand, I hope that soon my ability to find peace will return.
On the other, I know that I can’t ignore this, and simply resume my usual routine.
What shall I do to ensure the future of my family?
I don’t know when I will be back to this forum.
I just know it can’t be forced.
[...] or verse as the basis of my contemplation. But it has been more than two months since I wrote Empty (two months since I wrote anything in this forum). The angst I expressed in that post is still [...]