I was feeling rather well this morning until I turned on the news. Murder, mayhem, the whole economy is collapsing and the world in general is going to hell in a handbasket
That's what is so reassuring about reading history. Reassuring and depressing at the same time.
Depressing in that mankind has not made one iota of progress in the time he has spent on this planet. Oh sure, technically we are far advanced ffrom caveman days. But technology isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Technology just means bigger and better bombs. More innovative ways of amassing great fortunes at the top of the heap.
What of civility? Whatever happened to looking out for the other guy? What happened to "it takes a village?"
Not only do we not know how to look out for each other and respect the other guy's point of view (no matter how screwy his thinking). But we don't seem to realize that we aren't the owners of this ball of mud--we are only the stewards (renters). Maybe, that's the problem. We're just sitting back and waiting for the super to take care of the leaky toilet and the broken window. Maybe God should give us ownership. Maybe we would take better care of things.
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