That Was an Adventure....Let's Not Do That Again

In today's climate, I find myself quite engulfed by the politics and emotional divisiveness.  It's difficult to navigate everyday life with the dissonance of beliefs, loyalties, hopes, and aspirations.  I am reminded of the movie, "The Untouchables" which focused on heavy-duty right and wrong and then exhibited the comeuppance as an apparently minor-framed legal strategy of tax evasion; devoid of the anguished disturbance of atrocious acts by mobsters in the power seat.

And yet, there is always accountability.  It may not arrive swiftly or with the apparently appropriate garb of justice, but reaching destination, it does.  In  my status of an older person, living hand-to-mouth, I attempt to live with a sense of gusto mixed with acceptance and tolerance.  The rule of law imbues me with a significance of purpose and reminds me of the reasoning for decency and responsibility for my own actions as well as with an understanding of history.

Taking this into my personal daily existence, the inevitability of needing to become more active in this creation of functioning brings home the awareness that we each must act within our scope.  It isn't really the association with religion but the sheer excellence of courage in being the best we each can be in any moment.  Morality and ethics, as terms, tend to overlap.  I suspect the "norm" of humanity - putting aside sociopaths and psychopaths - feels invigorated when in the company of goodness.  Not always an easy engagement for participation when loyalties come into play.

Nonetheless, this idea of starting-stopping-and picking up the pieces to go again is certainly worth the effort.  While making a difference today - in this here and now - we also send out the roots for new blossoms in tomorrow.  My amazing three-year-old granddaughter and I were playing with twigs and interacting with the ducks at the pond of our local park.  In the blink of an eye, she slipped into the shallow water.  Swiftly pulling her out, I think grandma still lost about five years of life.  Being the true connoisseur of her life, she stated as we were drying her and checking for injuries, "phew, that was an adventure.  Let's not do that again."   Amen.