Angst

We are not at war.  We have food to throw away.  Our relatives are not being dragged out of the house and told to live in squalor so someone of their choosing can live in their home or just so it can be demolished.  We are not being shot because we are different. Or lame.  Or old.  Or Christian.  At least not in the United States of America.

There are those who would change that through whatever means at their disposal.  While there are those who will wile it away by simply sitting back and watching, all the while saying, "It won't happen here.  It won't happen to me.  It won't happen to our town.  It won't happen to our state.  It won't happen to our country." 

There was someone who said after World War 2:
When they came for the sick and the mentally ill, I said nothing.
When they came for the degenerates, I said nothing.
When they came for the Jews, I said nothing.
When they came for me, there was no one left to speak.

It wasn't an exact quote, but you get the idea.  I am watching "The Pianist."  They kept thinking it could not get any worse.  What freedoms must we lose before we realize it IS getting worse?  Must history be doomed to repeat itself or can we heed the warnings and stave off the inevitable.  I say inevitable because we, the unruly mob of unrest in the land of plenty have no idea to what we aspire.  We languish in our own whining only to become that which we abhor.  We occupy things that are not ours and offer vain and perilous resistance to something that doesn't even exist.  Wall Street is a place NOT a person nor a business.

Get a plan.  Understand what you are kicking against and find a constructive way to deal with the unrest.  Try for a positive result.  Yes, there is greed and political shenanigans.  There always has been.  Read a few history books.  The BIBLE even shows what greed and political garbage can lead to.  So, it is nothing new.  Get over it and deal with it.

Life isn't fair and never has been.  Hard work doesn't guarantee anything except good character.  There has never been a guarantee!  It rains and shines on everyone.

It is only what you do with your particular circumstances that counts.  It is your perspective that counts.  The wind blows on everyone.  It is only the set of the sails that makes the difference.  Don't look at destroying what someone else has because you are full of angst and think no one understands. 

Remember that the only one that you can change is yourself.  You cannot change the world or your country or your city or your family without starting closer to home.  You have to change yourself.  Don't ask for fewer challenges.  Ask for more wisdom to handle the challenges you have.

Shalom!  Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!