Seasonal Thought for All Seasons

During this day, please take a moment to realize this one aspect. The big three religions in the world, Christians, Jewish and Muslims all share a belief that is common to their faith. Whether they know it or not, they all profess to the same God. With that as the core in commonality, do not act as if you follow the true faith, but what God expects from you-love of neighbor as thyself.

Disenfranchised

In every nation under every government, citizens are disenfranchised from their government. We can only hope that an enlightened soul rises and the people get that someone into power. The real choices that we can achieve is in our local community. For all the other religious affiliations and non-believers, life is so much better when we go about our day not fearing fear. It leads me to remind you of the last line in my favorite movie, It's A Wonderful Life, "No man is a failure who has friends."

We can make the personal choice, do I want to live in Pottersville or Bedford Falls? Do I want to follow Darth Vader or the Jedi's? Do I want to be like the two clowns in Russia who steal money by hacking. They drive fancy cars; break laws with no conscience. Instead of working for a firm to thwart thieves with their skills, they chose Pottersville like the clown in North Korea or the Chinese Communist who came up with 352 law which states only use Chinese firms to produce things. It allows for theft of products that other nation's developed to which China copies and then, produces. The nation should be called Red Pottersville. Of course, in the US we have our own brand of crooks. They fight unions with outsourcing. They bribe candidates with campaign financing. They cut corners like the ex-CEO at Boeing. They live on a hill in Pottersville. They brush off critics by declaring, "I'm rich!" They know we aren't, at least by their standards which is a sad joke since they have no standards.
We can only help each other as we wait and hope for a political Messiah to save our nation. Keep this in mind, hope hears a melody of the future. Faith dances to it today.
Let us love one another and then, we will have a perfect vision in 2020 and beyond. Drink from the cup of kindness.
May His peace be with you. Have a wonderful holiday season.