Happy Sad

Life is a mixed bag these days.

• Watching grandkids grow, fearing what their world will be like since they are not experiencing anything like what all the generations before them experienced. Will this make them a different breed of humanity? Will it be good or bad? Only time will tell.
• Moving to a new home close to the beach. Totally fun, relaxed, enjoyable; wandering if we will be safe there and hoping our family and friends can visit.
• Enjoying retirement. Well, enough said.

It’s impossible to escape the news that surrounds us, the fear, anxiety. People are scared, and understandably so. Yet people are happy, loving their family, enjoying their friends. I think the thing that gets me the most is the dichotomy of feelings that we experience or witness every day.

When moderate was the norm, we only saw the activities of the far left and right fringe occasionally. They were kept at bay and not given airtime. But today, the more violent the activities the more press they receive. Why the need to support these violent groups with enhanced airtime?

Its a real concern as you watch the morality, decency, respect, and good spirit of our nation degrade. We are being ground down into a form of putty that can be reformed into someone else’s vision of who we should be. I sure hope there are enough patriots and people with common sense and a strong moral compass to withstand the onslaught. A few years ago I knew the answer to that question; today I am, sadly, not so sure.

But I will always have hope. I have a strong belief that at the end of the day, decency will prevail. I’m just not sure how long that day will be. So, I write! I write about good people overcoming the odds and fighting back evil. I write in the belief of the spirit of good as the victor in all things related to the universe. We are progressing, albeit two steps forward and one step backwards. But we are going to get through this; that I believe.