You may not think an angel’s really watching over you.
I don’t know how it works but I do know this is true.
That angels are for real and there are more than just a few.

Our world is full of problems, how could I say all this?
Disease and war and accidents, and many more I missed.
Our troubles and our sorrow can’t be easily dismissed.

It may not be our fault but in these things we surely bear.
What we say and do responsibility we share.
You may not think it helps but it can’t hurt to say a prayer.

I’ve had friends and family die, and my share of misfortune.
Maybe not as much as you, I don’t deal out the portion.
I am sorry for what may seem a horrible distortion.

I can’t fix one little hurt, I really do know nothing.
I pray, I hope, and hopefully will not give up on touching.
Maybe one person’s life.

Maybe we shouldn’t be so wishy washy.
I mean we don’t want to hurt people or get involved in other countries wars, but wishing that they would just go away doesn’t seem to work.
When our country gets involved in war people on our side die and on the other side.
When we don’t get involved in other countries wars then they get killed a lot.
We argue about what is right and what is wrong.
To cure a problem it is best to first know what the problem is.
The problem is everybody knows what the problem is. People killing people.
Now I have to rephrase that. The problem is some people want to kill people and some people don’t want to kill people.
If you kill the people who want to kill people than everybody will at least be on the same page………..The last page.
If you don’t kill people who want to kill people than the people that are killing people will keep right on killing people. (Unless they get bored or something).

Maybe we could just use stun guns and put all the bad people in jail.
But than everybody wouldn’t be happy either.

Maybe I won’t save the world.
My first lesson on keeping a positive attitude is to make sure you don’t have a negative attitude.

The problem for me is I don’t like seeing all the killing in the world, and if history repeats, it will get to a point where we will be forced to defend ourselves.
Maybe that is the right way. Hating to do a job that is so dirty, but when push comes to shove getting the job done anyway.

Our country and our allies have procrastinated in the past, until there was no longer any choice. Maybe it is the only sane thing to do.
I am glad we argue about what to do and put things off when I really think about it. I think as a free country where we are able to voice our opinions, we tend to wait till the last minute to get things done. That is our way. We want to be good for the most part.

I’m sorry if you read all of this though I like if you did. I’m free and I’m free writing and it’s not supposed to be organized or make sense necessarily, it’s just supposed to make me write anything that comes to mind. It’s like taking all the junk out of the drawers in the garage and seeing what I can build or invent.

You never know, but how could you with 7 billion people in the world?

I hope I can always find empathy in myself for people who are law breakers, hateful, or even murderous. Each person has lived different experiences and reach different conclusions about right and wrong. Some are incurably mentally ill.

I will not make excuses for any of them and empathy is not excusing them. I would hold them fully accountable for their actions to the fullest extent of the law. I also believe in defending myself and innocent human beings. In my mind to not defend myself in a murderous situation is suicide, and to not defend an innocent one is murder.

Holding a person accountable in my opinion is not hate and it is entirely possible to forgive a person even as you punish them. (Raising my own kids comes to my mind)

Empathy is recognizing that some people are horrendous human beings, holding them fully accountable for their actions, not with hate or malice but instead with an understanding that we can never fully understand another humans mind.

I have not had a family member murdered or tortured. I have not been brutally attacked or have had my life threatened. I hope that if I suffer or my loved ones suffer, or if I see the suffering of any human beings, it will not cause me to become bitter or change my mind. I think I can understand how people become bitter, but hope I would not.

I can see how some will question how it could ever be possible to love or have empathy for certain people. A person may ask why should they have empathy, love, or sympathy for such horrible people.

Some people do not believe in love, empathy, or sympathy, or only apply it as they see fit and they have their own free will.

My understanding is that real love is unconditional, and while that may seem irrational, I have to ask myself if it is not unconditional than how can it be called love at all?

Love and hate are learned behaviors. We learn from each other. I need to practice what I preach.

I can see how someone would say there is no hope for this world. I have to say as long as there is love there is hope.

I’ve used these lyrics from “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” before to explain:
“And in despair I bowed my head
“There is no peace on earth,” I said,
“For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men.”

I do understand that you may not believe any of this or say this is not the way the world is.
I would say if you do not believe love will prevail than there cannot possibly be any hope for the people of this world and I feel sorry for you because that must be an awful feeling.

This is a prayer for myself and also a prayer for the world, and while love to some may seem like an option, I do not believe it can possibly be. “The wrong shall fail, the right prevail. With peace on earth, good will to men.”

MrLarry

Opinion, bias, and fact, (Facts also fall into the categories of opinion and bias) make up our written history since history has been written, and is being written.
It is our way. We learn from others, form opinions and biases in a brain that varies greatly from person to person. These brains not only vary physically, but are varied mostly by what we learn from others.

While money may often motivate people to evil, depending on opinion and bias, even the evil person may not consider what they do as evil and to the contrary may consider what they do as justified and “good” based on “fact”.

The world has laws, lawyers, and politicians, (The so called shakers and movers) writing policy and law based on their own brains “facts”.
Public opinion, their peers, and their view of the world shape the world in which we live to a great extent. It would seem rightfully so. I’ve heard “A country gets the government they deserve”. While it seems a very general harsh statement to me, facts are often interwoven with opinion and bias.

How can there ever be a solution? Looking at what I have written here a solution seems impossible!

People constantly look for solutions at all level of civilization. Some seem to work better than others, if you base it on economies, crime statistics, and the general happiness of a given population.

Governing and religion play huge roles in this world and historically make and break their respective populations, as well as affecting world population.
In the past few hundred years, and even more since the computer age, world population is affected by individual populations more rapidly through communication than ever.

While past history and history in the making are not without flaw when written, a thorough examination of all world history with a mindfulness of opinion and bias should be a top priority in all educational systems. IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO LIMIT OPINION AND BIAS!

The truth will set you free, is obviously not an easy task and hopefully will continue to evolve. All people deserve the best education possible and our lawyers and politicians while generally educated to a level far above my own education, seem to me to be more immersed in problem solving from a “stamping out the current fire” level rather than from an educational level steeped in a vast pool of detailed knowledge of world history. (Better known as Wisdom)

While all I’ve written here contains limited knowledge, bias, and opinion, there just MAY be an iota of truth in it.

I consider myself “spiritual” and regard my religion as between me and my perception of a power in my circles most commonly known as God.

I strongly feel like we waste a huge amount of our lives “barking up the wrong tree”.  I believe in people. I believe people as a whole want a perfect world. I believe many people feel a perfect world is not possible.

I believe the definition of “perfect” is in the mind of the beholder.

I believe technology, like most things have the potential for both good and evil.

Using our technology for vastly improved education of our planets people and a deep understanding of history, will be our quickest path to a better world.

Our quickest path to a worse world would be to ignore history and repeat it.

(In my mixed bag of opinion, bias, and fact)

MrLarry

War, violence, shaky stock markets, job losses, political fights, lawsuits, virus scares, disease, new studies that refute the old ones, disaster predictions, you name it!

My favorite team or person might win, jobs added, promising cures, somebody does something good or right, and new tech toys help me feel better for a moment.

I take news with potential negative effects on people seriously. I do what I can within my limited realm of consciousness to help. I try to get the word out and vote but I’m often duped by the story of the day. It can be difficult and impossible to make good decisions when I don’t know all the facts.

I’m an old hippie (though not as old as a lot of them).  I choose to pay attention to my surroundings for my own protection, but I also like to notice the flowers of life, the trees, wild animals, birds, the swamp in all its green glory. I like to see the bees on my clover and bugs in my yard. I even like dandelions. (sorry if you’re my neighbor)

A lesson I’ve learned more recently is to appreciate the people I am around on a daily basis including strangers. I can say at the very least I’m trying harder. I’ve noticed I’m at the age where I am seeing many friends and acquaintances pass away. I try to be nicer to people, talk to strangers, and offer my help to people who may need help.  I may not see them again, they might not see me again, and I may just have some small positive lasting affect on them. I might make a difference.

Like my crazy friend Bill says at the end of almost every FB post.  XOXO

I don’t want Americans killed in war or anybody else. Reality that I sense tells me that SOMEBODY needs to take responsibility for a government, or countries, or thugs that get out of hand. I would rather we take charge of some of these radical countries before they take charge of us.

It is easier to ignore the problem and hope it goes away in the short term and our country has tried that in the past.
It hasn’t worked yet. I don’t blame people who don’t want to be in the fight or the people who think we are the bad guys for getting involved or the people who believe all we have to do is play nice and the rest of the world will follow suit. I just would like if those people wouldn’t hinder the “police” who are currently protecting them whether they realize it or not.

Many of those “police” are our own military and they are trying to be the worlds police in a world that does need policing in my opinion though admittedly armchair general public opinion and politics make policing the world even more dangerous and difficult than it already is.

I like “speak softly and carry a big stick”  but the reason to carry one is so hopefully you won’t have to use it, but if you do you are ready.
I guess that’s why I like the Coast Guard motto Semper Paratus “Always Ready”.