It’s Been a While…
Clouds gather… on one side we see dark skies and on the opposite side the promise of light… How often do we find ourselves in the midst of a “swerve” moment… when forces of nature ( whether mother nature or personal nature ) can, in a moment’s swing, define an outcome which will probably impact our very lifestyle and future. The worst feeling, at least for me, is that of impotence; of not really being able to take charge and do our own definition. To have to watch, as a simple bystander, how these forces play upon themselves and perforce, on us. I have learned over the years to observe and to absorb; these are not easy tasks, for they require inaction at times when action seems to be called for. Yet, in some of these very moments, any action at all would bring very negative results. Some, perhaps most, people would probably say: “Well, it’s better to die trying than to do nothing”… Perhaps so…but, then again, perhaps not. In the same strait is the person who speaks simply ...