Beating back the Fear … ( 04 / 21 / 2013 )
Beating back the Fear … ( 04 / 21 / 2013 )
Don ’ t get me wrong , my Friends … For the reasons that follow , it is more than reasonable for us to be afraid these days — very afraid indeed .
* We cherish health , and yet your medical system profits from our continued illness — prescribing medicines that give us more negative side effects than they do relief …
* We cherish our freedom , and yet our governments have erased many of our God-given liberties , and are just a few domestic “ acts of terror ” removed from shackling us with martial law …
* We cherish our “ right to know ”, and yet our mass media refuses to tell us the Truth — dramatizing the fearful while burying the uplifting ; over-blowing events violent while hiding facts illuminating …
* We cherish our spirituality , and yet our churches are mired in the pungent stink of greed , deceit and hypocrisy …
* We cherish safety , and yet the threat of terrorism has now invaded our own native lands — indeed our own homes ; indeed our own minds — once again .
Yes , my Friends , it is most true that the things we Love the most are being steadily pulled from our grasp , and there seems to be nothing we can do about it .
AND YET , just because it is reasonable to be afraid of these trends does not mean that we are required to submit to those anxieties …
Just because it is understandable to be enraged at the state of our world ( or our country , or our neighborhood , or our own lives ) does not mean we are required to act on that rage …
Just because it is reasonable to believe that we are “ only human ” -- or that one person can ’ t make a difference , or that things are “ beyond our control ” -- does not mean that we are required to sit at home and mope about how things should or could be .
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