Today is a cold, cloudy day with forecast for rain and maybe a little snow.\u00a0 So, we went for our walk a little earlier to avoid the rain.\u00a0 And as we were walking the clouds rolled back and the sun came shining through.\u00a0 A beautiful walk with the streams cascading over the rocks with the extra runoff from the lake from the recent heavy rains we had.\u00a0 A beautiful walk with the birds singing and chattering and the crows talking about whatever crows talk about with each other.<\/p>\n
When we got back to the car, the clouds rolled back over the sun and a few drops fell.\u00a0 But the clouds and rain were too late.\u00a0 The walk had done its magic.\u00a0 The mood was set and the day began the right way with optimism and energy triumphing over bad news and laziness.<\/p>\n
And then I get home and I see that article about Lynyrd Skynyrd writing that song and I listen to the song and I think, that\u2019s not a bad campaign song.\u00a0 And DeSantis doesn\u2019t have to hear any left-wing hippy musician telling him he can\u2019t us his song because blah-blah fascism, blah-blah-blah.\u00a0 And I thought, \u201cHere\u2019s optimism and energy triumphing over bad news and laziness.\u00a0 Here are people doing something instead of just laying down and complaining and getting nothing done.<\/p>\n
Of course, this is just the tiniest ray of light in a world of darkness.\u00a0 Everywhere you look you see the wreckage of all that was good.\u00a0 I won\u2019t repeat the litany but let\u2019s save time and say almost everything.\u00a0 And the prospects of three more years of this misery with that imbecile in the White House.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s what makes that light even more important.\u00a0 Holding on for three more years of this is going to strain the morale of normal Americans to the breaking point.\u00a0 We need victories, no matter how small.\u00a0 Ron DeSantis succeeding against the COVID lockdowns, that was a victory.\u00a0 The legislation against kindergarten grooming, that was a victory.\u00a0 And even this silly song by some old Southern Rockers, even that is a tiny dose of hope.<\/p>\n
By my reckoning we\u2019ll need about another thousand hopeful things to get us through the next three years.\u00a0 That\u2019s about one a day.\u00a0 I guess if we had to, we could get away with a hundred.\u00a0 That\u2019s a shot of hope every week and half.\u00a0 I doubt that DeSantis can manage that all by himself.\u00a0 Some other folks will have to step up and deliver.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I think that means all of us will have to do something to make things better.<\/p>\n
And maybe that thing that we all will have to do is suck it up and move forward with our lives and make things happen the way we want them to.\u00a0 Take the time to educate your children about the propaganda they are being fed.\u00a0 Make sure they won\u2019t be confused by the messages they are being given.\u00a0 Support the right people in your community and boycott anything that stands against what you believe in whenever possible.<\/p>\n
Do the little things that are important and maybe someday we\u2019ll see all this madness swept away.\u00a0 And to torture this metaphor to the end, just like the clouds can be swept away and the sun shines through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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