thoughts on the news of the day: opinions

hmmm…..

            Keith Obermann aired his final broadcast on MSNBC last night, the Presbyterian Church is being sued over a sexual abuse case, and the state of Vermont has chosen not to  appeal the ruling that gives the right to display religious sayings on a state vehicle license plate.  All controversial topics.

            As a rule, I generally try to stay away from controversial topics; most every one has an opinion about them and this column is probably not going to change many minds.  But the question is: would I really want to?  I have lots of friends who live on many broad points of the political spectrum; they span from the very liberal to the quite conservative.  Even in my own family, some spouses find themselves adamantly on very different planes and they invariably cancel each other out at the polls.  I love the variety of the different points of view that inhabit my world. 

            I prefer to be the leaf that gently floats down the stream, going with the flow so to speak.  It’s gentle and peaceful and it generally gets me where I want to go.  Many folks aren’t like that.  They love to stir things up.  There is room for both positions – and there is a time for both.    A time to tear down and a time to build up; a time to throw rocks and a time to gather them up; a time for war and a time for peace. Now is your time, what will you do with it?

            hmmm…..