I didn’t want my next post to be a rant. That is not the style
or purpose of The DayMaker.
I’d been searching for what I could say that would be
positive. Show compassion. Lead the way. Present a solution or an action.
Express my sadness, incredulity, and concern without condemning or vilifying. I
didn’t want to fly about helter-skelter then zero in like a missile seeking its
target.
So I have been silent.
But too often now, I am swallowing the sickness I feel over
the tragedies and losses through gun violence. Too often I am turning away from
photos of terrorists, foreign or home-grown. Too often I am appalled by the
attacks on people who dare to claim the right to practice their religion or the
freedom to make choices that affect their lives. Too often, I am stunned by the
words of full-of-themselves politicians and wannabes.
Too much I am wondering how I can NOT let THEM, those outside
forces, change ME. So when a coach friend, Karen Tax, posted a quote that spoke
to me on Facebook, I knew I had to share it.
These words were what I’d been searching for.
Written by Iain S. Thomas, 2007, in his blog post,
The Fur
For sure, Thomas’s words don’t solve the world problems we
face. But they help reinforce to me that I don’t have to become someone I don’t
want to be.
What words have inspired you lately? Maybe they will make a
bit of brightness for the rest of us, too.
~ xoA ~
