Robert Leroy
December 20, 2009

the darkest day

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december 21 / winter solstice / solar minimum in the northern hemisphere / unless the world ends / from here until the summer solstice on june 21 the hours of daylight will increase…

 

it’s easy to slip into the metaphor about the birth of the son of god bringing light into the world / i’ll try to resist it / bear with me…

 

but in a metaphoric sense / how dark are these days? / we are at war / but is there not a war raging somewhere all the time? / has there ever been world peace? / ever / maybe for a few days?

 

and what of injustice? / hunger? / oppression? / no vacations here for certain…

 

we are doomed / or so it seems / if we don’t murder one another then we certainly will all burn in a global warming hell of some variety…

 

i have heard it said this is our nature / we are still barbarians / although we often choose not to see it / looking the other way is easier / and why make it more difficult by taking on the collective sins of our species anyway / oh / umm / there is the christ metaphor again / it keeps showing up / an inconvenient truth of sorts? / i just love al gore for coining that phrase and inventing the internet / sorry / cheap shot / don’t get me started on this / topic for another entry / i digress…

 

i am not superstitious / i don’t buy the idea of a virgin giving birth / the son of god? / most improbable / but  i do have faith /  things can exist that can not be materially demonstrated / or that we simply can not comprehend / that all we know is what little we know…

 

so here is the point / or more accurately here is the question:

 

do we have the ability to change ourselves in any real way? / is there contained in us the ability to choose to ignore our genetic program / to rise above the bloody fingered heritage that we all share without exception?

 

can we possibly achieve the real enchilada here? / peace on earth? / good will toward all? / no more aggressive behavior? / or at the very minimum / if each and every inhabitant of this planet could make a choice every day to say no to just one single agressive act at a time…

 

it seems like such a small thing to ask…

 

yet i am not hopeful / i see no likelihood that this global enlightenment is coming any time soon / so far the good guys have lost the christmas spirit bowl game 2008 to zero / what makes me think 2009 could be different?

 

gentle readers / can we choose to light a candle?

 

 

 

stolen from annie:

 

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i think it’s about choice; what to choose. when choice isn’t an option and the choices are made for us; then we can still choose: to ignore, deny, give in or punt 🙂

On Exhibit
December 21, 2009

we could change, if we will is another matter certainly.

Serin
December 22, 2009
elevens
December 24, 2009
Aging Gracefully
January 1, 2010

Happy New Year to you and Annie…… I do believe we can be part of the change, lead by example, servant leadership, I’m all about that. Best wishes for an exceptional 2010 – we could really use a great decade!

Dot Com Man
January 4, 2010

Hey Rebert, I saw your note in some entry wherein you claimed to be the world’S worst speller. I think you are tring to usurp my long standing status as the Champion Worst Speller Ever. I think maybe we should meet in a bar somewher and flip a coin to decide who should wear the crown. I’ll buy the beer.

…and being made to feel like I’m asking for too much and a good wife would just shut up and take what she’s offered. It’s heartbreaking. I’m really struggling. He called it, Robert. He sat right there and said he was done with it. It BROKE ME. But I’ll try again… ’cause I’m stupid, I think. LOL. Thank you.

Hey Sweetie… may I ask you how your wife took it when you left? How is she doing now? If it’s not too painful. I know I’m just flogging myself. do you feel your wife created her own bed, made her own choices? Know what I mean?

Ex wife. Ex. I’m sorry about that, Annie. I was thinking “ex” wife but didn’t type it.

Thank you, Robert.

RYN: I don’t think he is. There are no signs! And he never has unexplained absences, weird phone calls, etc. I’d be shocked and amazed if so, so no, I don’t htink he is. I’ve asked if he’s depressed. No, no, he says. He is doign exactly what he wants to be doing. I think he has just gotten lazy and dug his heels in. It’s funny because not 2 years ago we watched our bowling partner, his good friend of many years, lose HIS wife because HE did exactly — EXACTLY — the things my husband is now doing with me. I told Husband then, “Husband.. pay close attention… you have GOT to make love to your young wife or she will leave you!” And..here he sits. I do not understand. AT ALL.

You said you lost the intimacy in your marriage — did she stop wanting sex?

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