Some Thoughts from Me

Saying for the day- Life is unfair so live with it.

Sometime ago the Rev. Dr. Kate wrote about the unfairness of life. You should read what she wrote by clicking HERE.
Since then I have been thinking about the question “ Is life fair?”.
Let me start by saying that every society has ideas that are accepted without proof or discussion. They are just there and people assume them to be true. Out of these assumptions much literature and poetry grows.
In Israel , at the time of the Disciples, the assumption was that the rich were blessed by God because of their goodness and the poor had the blessing taken away because of something evil they had done. It wasn’t true but it was accepted by a large number of people.
In the early years of our country the assumption was that if you obeyed God’s laws and worked hard you would prosper. It came from our Puritan ancestors. It wasn’t always true but it was accepted.
By this century it was that everybody had a right to be happy. If there were those who weren’t happy then there was something wrong.
This lead to the assumption that life isn’t fair. Today, for the most part we believe it. We write songs, stories, and poems about it. The rich, the crooked, the mean they are happy. They get it all. The average person gets in the neck. We believe this assumption.
But is it true?
If it is true is God then unfair?
In the next few Thursdays I am going to struggle with this question. You are welcome to join me.

@@@@ News from Pigeon Falls-The little town in my basement where dragons fly, and it keeps getting darker.-Tonight is the first night of the big Pigeon Days Variety Show. There is a rumor that in addition to their Abbott and Costello routine Eino And Toivo are going to do the Tuna Casserole thing they did in 2005. When he was asked Eino said that it might be possible.
The darkness continues to get darker and the day less bright. Petrovich has added the word absolution to the translation after the “unless”. You can see the whole driblet by checking HERE. Petrovich thinks that somebody, a woman, needs to go to a priest , Father Bill, and get absolution. Then the blackness will melt away. The general feeling is that it should be Polly. Polly says she’s not going to any Catholic Priest to confess anything. Besides she and Bobby didn’t go that far. Petrovich is still waiting for friends in Russia to e-mail him a copy of the driblet that has all the pieces.
Nancy says people are becoming more and more afraid. One lady stopped in for coffee and said she doesn’t want to be swallowed up. At night she can feel the ground moving beneath her house. It’s going to happen. Nancy tried to assure her that it was all imagination caused by Petrovich but the woman couldn’t accept that.
One other interesting thing. Since this business about a woman and a priest has been circulating the number of women going to confession has increased. Some of them haven’t been to confession in years. It would seem that in a nice town like Pigeon Falls there are a few ladies who think their sins are enough to bring in the darkness.
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It has been a ho hum day. Aprea came in the morning and checked all the equipment that keeps me alive. The filters on the oxygen concentrating machine had to be cleaned. Today, however was a god breathing day and I didn't need much oxygen. I watched my soaps. Betty went to Bible study.I took a nap. Maggie loved her new little pool until she took a bite out of it and left the air out. We should have gotten one that was solid plastic, no air. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA