tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009563.post109527337573091625..comments2023-12-22T03:49:21.303-05:00Comments on Reflections of a Happy Old Man: The Elite and the OrdinaryLarry Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11571190213288384302noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009563.post-1095618062206778952004-09-19T14:21:00.000-04:002004-09-19T14:21:00.000-04:00We will win in the end, but we all need encouragem...We will win in the end, but we all need encouragement along the way. Blog on, Larry!Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946222067827722839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009563.post-1095458453105199462004-09-17T18:00:00.000-04:002004-09-17T18:00:00.000-04:00Right you are, Sparky.
They are disenfranchished...Right you are, Sparky. <br />They are disenfranchished: by miserable schools, greedy merchants and politicians who know to well how to delude and exploit them.<br /><br />Those were the people Jesus met at every turn in Palestine. Then he said in as much as you did it (or not) to one of the least of these, ye did it (not to me). I do think our combined efforts are God's hands, and we will win in the end.<br /><br />Blessings.Larry Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571190213288384302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009563.post-1095456313301668912004-09-17T17:25:00.000-04:002004-09-17T17:25:00.000-04:00when I'm in a shopping mall, I find myself thinkin...when I'm in a shopping mall, I find myself thinking, as you do, that I'm in the Temple to the god of Consumerism (really, when are they going to put that Golden Calf up in the center?). It really sickens me, especially passing stores marketing to young girls, kids who might otherwise be playing with dolls if not for being told by the media and Madison Avenue that its time for them to start getting sexy. (Shudder)<br />You never know what others are thinking and everyone has responsibility for themselves. The people of whom you speak, they could turn off the TV and pick up a library book. Maybe they are disenfranchised and that may be your point. <br />I feel for the poor, the illiterate, and the foreign-born who cannot read or speak English, life has been very kind to me, why not them? <br />Whenever I'd begin to feel guilty, my mother would remind me "Those to whom much is given, much is expected," from the Gospel of Luke. When I start feeling too guilty, I know I'd better get to work.<br />It may be like the little Dutch boy, but we can only do what we can do. And he did save the town, after all.Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946222067827722839noreply@blogger.com