Day: March 21, 2020

Such a wonderful gift
Seemingly taken for granted
Living in this country
No contemplating the good fortune
Preponderance of information
Distracting us from living
In a sweet groove of everything going right
Then awakened by a crisis
We read of others; see the videos of strife
Those are other people; not us
We see the pictures of the floods
Many lives lost; but not ours
Tornadoes causing devastation
From Haiti to Tennessee; we have clean water
Locusts devastating eastern Africa
Our supermarkets are full of food
Dictators around the world
Bringing misery to their citizens
Children and adults dying of starvation
We have shelter, heat and electronics
Very few know what it is to be ravaged
To be homeless and addicted
The plight of our veterans is almost kept a secret
Drug cartels rule Mexico; we cannot call them terrorists
Sex slave traffic crosses our border
Border Patrol are not allowed to do their jobs
Illegals seem to cross at will
When will we learn?
When do we come together to solve issues
When does a nation return to its core values?
When do we return to significant prayer?
When will music be significant again?
When with the Chinese Virus be under control
These are things I think about as
I meditate on life
 
Stanski
March 21, 2020 ^

This old world keeps on turning
Socialism is falling on its face
Socialists are blaming the President
They were busy keeping records and
Impeaching him in the House for
Things which were not impeachable
They voted to close the border
Then voted not to close the border
Their judges provided injunctions
Other delay tactics were used
The Virus is all his fault
The floods in Mississippi were his fault
The tornadoes in Tennessee were his fault
The market crash is his fault
It was his fault that all the people running
For the presidency in the Democrat party
Raised their hands to give free health care
To the illegals, while these same people
Ignored our service men’s needs for years
 
There are many grave stones marked
With the death year 1918, 1919, and 1920
The Spanish Flu was devastating; we survived
But the past can be forgotten
Let it blow away like smoke
Now is the time to teach our children and
Set good examples for them
Radios did not become popular until the late 1920’s
Communication was very slow
Today it is 24/7 and mostly negative
Respect and discipline seem to be foreign words
There is a difference between responsible criticisms
That aim for success, and defeatism that refuses
To acknowledge anything but failure
Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and
Second-guessing is not a strategy
 
Stanski
March 21, 2020 ^