How do you think that is OK?

I think I am going through a mid-life crisis; that would explain this entire blog experiment. I find myself looking at people, emails, and Facebook, and thinking, "How do you think that is OK?"

To Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sarah Palin - Abraham Lincoln said, "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds." The things people are saying politically lately turn my stomach. I actually was so proud of our country two years ago, and now...not so much. Those who are against healthcare reform, immigration, and gay rights need to think about what is right - not fiscally,  not politically, but personally. How do they think that is OK? These highly public figures should step outside of their world for just one minute to consider how it feels to be sick (or God forbid, have a child that is sick) and not have money to pay for treatment; how it feels to want a better life for yourself in another country; how it feels to be homosexual and not be given the right to marry the person that you love.  These are HUMAN BEINGS we are talking about.

While not being incredibly religious, I do find many pearls of wisdom in Sunday mass. For instance, "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." I work hard to make my life drama-free. I work hard to keep peace within my family, amongst my children, amongst friends. Usually not successful, but I try. Some people feel as though they need disruption in order to exist; they cause drama for drama's sake. How do they think that is OK? We are civilized. We can live without turmoil. Let's try it for a while.

And while I am at it, for everyone out shopping this time of year who scream at sales people, bump into my cart, cut in line, and exhibit road rage. How do you think that is OK? I understand everyone is stressed out...we all are. Stop, breath, smile. It is Christmas, after all.

Why the heck am I blogging? (An Introduction)

I always thought that I don't have enough to say to blog. I'm extremely boring.

One day, though, it occurred to me the that I certainly do ask an extraordinary amount of questions - some deep and theoretical (why can't people remember to treat others as they would want to be treated if they were in the same situation?), some not so much (why does my three year old's mispronunciation of words always involve an obscenity like "ass"-calator and heli-"cock-" er?) , and everywhere in between. So I had the idea to try to work through and answer my own questions. What better way to do that, than to blog about it?

And so it begins...