As you age, things that were so clear when you were younger become clearer or muddied, depending on your perspective.
I became a conservative after being a Democrat for many years (I voted for Jimmy Carter TWICE!). You notice I didn’t say I was a Republican, but I never voted for a Democrat again (after Carter). I had a friend at work who hammered me and my Democrat leanings every day. He softened my heart on supporting abortion and I found myself abhorring the thought of killing a baby in the womb. He showed me the way with his Christian beliefs and the Bible. He always had his Bible close by and knew it by heart. I thank his persistence and helping me to my new-found life.
Getting older (the “Golden Years”), you notice things you took for granted no longer work the way they did when younger. The back and knees are stiffer, it take longer to do a lot of things like getting out of bed, doing your daily hygiene, and being a male with male frailties, the bathroom is visited more frequently.
And deaths of family and friends used to be years in between, are now weeks or days. Family, friends, classmates, and work friends are slowly disappearing to the place we all will be in the end. I treasure every person I know as family, friends, classmates, working friends when I get a chance to spend time with them, you never know when it will be the last.
You are born alone, you die alone – no one accompanies you on the journey. If you are a Christian, you welcome the next phase — your death leading to everlasting life. If you aren’t, please look within and determine what path you decide to follow.
About masking up and COVID ‘Wendy Whiners’
I will not comment on the persons involved in the recent controversy about wearing of masks in public places. It has already been covered in a previous post.
However, we must be cognizant of the fact it is an “executive order” and the governor does not make laws, the legislature does. Many sheriff and police departments are not planning to enforce the wearing of masks, because all the persons not wearing one have to say is they can’t for whatever reason (hard time breathing, COPD, anxiety issues, claustrophobia, etc.).
Breathing through a mask (breathing expelled CO2) is not healthy. Also, the mask is a placebo. It makes mask wearers think they are protected from a virus. The COVID-19 virus is so small no commercial or homemade mask will be an effective barrier against it. Dr. Fauci knows this, that is why he said early on not to wear a mask, only after being pressed and shamed did he say to mask up.
Only the ignorant who have not investigated the virus will scream at others for not “masking up.” And why is it the store owners’ responsibility to tell customers to wear masks? The sign is on all store doors that I have entered, warning those entering of the executive order to wear a mask.
If you want to call the police and complain, don’t expect immediate response. The store owner is offering to the public things they want for sale, they are not the health department. I have my mask on, if someone ahead or behind me doesn’t, so be it.
It was America the last time I looked — freedom and liberty. If you don’t like it, go somewhere else to shop. If you are a “Wendy Whiner,” you need to examine your motives.
Be kind to your 4-legged friends
I have been noticing more wild and domestic animals on the roadway dead lately. I know animals scurry across the road in front of you while driving and you can’t safely avert them. I’m talking about not trying to slow down, stop, or swerve around them. I once was bicycling around Gun Lake when there were ducks at the side of the road wanting to get to the lake. I stopped my bike as traffic slowed and stopped while Mama Duck and the eight ducklings waddled across Marsh Road. I played traffic cop for ducks, holding up a Ford truck until the last duckling was past his tires.
I hate to hit anything on the road, especially Monarch butterflies. Just think, they travel from deep in Mexico and migrate all the way north. What a journey! And when I hit one going down the road, I think of the struggle they went through just to get to Michigan and I ended that journey.
This is a big deal for me, as I relate to animals better than humans in many regards. Animals just ask for respect and kindness. Humans complain when their phones are out of power, blame others for their shortcomings, and cry about unfairness when they put forth no effort.
Media must quit coddling Joe Biden
The unfairness by the media concerning President Trump is obvious. The media’s kid glove treatment with softball questions to former VP Biden is sickening. The poor guy doesn’t know what day it is or where he is. Please, bring on the debates with no moderators. Just questions from Americans who want answers.
The polls are a spitting image of 2016 with Hillary ahead by large margins and Biden with his fawning media support holds the lead. Biden generates no enthusiasm for his support and voting. They need to keep him in the basement as long as possible. He is sicker mentally than Hillary was physically.
The rotting of America from within continues…
