Love is not divisable; it is expontential.
Love is not a pie from which must be cut the people you hold most dear -- each person's slice must not be reduced, reduced, reduced with each new added member - no. Love is exponential. It endures in hardship and in happiness. It grows.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
What Do You Have to Give?
"I only regret that I have but one life to give my country." *
You never hear that today.
Where is the passion? Where is the intellect? Is it washed away in the noise and the mess that spews forth from our blackberries, televisions, computer screens, cell phones and every other device made to "connect us?" On my commute to work I see person after person alone in their car, totally absobed in the six foot sphere of themselves -- totally oblivious to the outside world. What has become of us?
"And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." **
I ask myself that. What can I give? What can I do? I am so small. But as I pray, a feeling comes over me, that I am not alone. And that although so small, a potential burns deep within. No, I am not alone. After all, I am a grandaughter of "The Greatest Generation." ***
*Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered America's first spy,[1] he volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission, but was captured by the British. He is best remembered for his speech before being hanged following the Battle of Long Island, in which he said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give my country."[
**John F Kennedy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaugural_address_of_John_F._Kennedy
*** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Generation
You never hear that today.
Where is the passion? Where is the intellect? Is it washed away in the noise and the mess that spews forth from our blackberries, televisions, computer screens, cell phones and every other device made to "connect us?" On my commute to work I see person after person alone in their car, totally absobed in the six foot sphere of themselves -- totally oblivious to the outside world. What has become of us?
"And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." **
I ask myself that. What can I give? What can I do? I am so small. But as I pray, a feeling comes over me, that I am not alone. And that although so small, a potential burns deep within. No, I am not alone. After all, I am a grandaughter of "The Greatest Generation." ***
*Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered America's first spy,[1] he volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission, but was captured by the British. He is best remembered for his speech before being hanged following the Battle of Long Island, in which he said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give my country."[
**John F Kennedy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaugural_address_of_John_F._Kennedy
*** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Generation
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)