I'm thankful for:
Air Conditioning
Batman
Freedom
Families
My Opportunities
Free Time
My Old, Green Monterro
Friends
Netflix
Rollar Coasters
George Lucas...ish
Really Thick Carpets
Apple Pie
Every Other Variety of Pie
My Imagination
People Who Think
The Knights Who Say Ni
Indoor Plumbing
Blondes
Bishops
Cannibalistic Bears
The Mediterranean
Gandalf
Coldplay
Chocolate Milk
When Cats Fail
College Life
MacBook Pros
People I Can Count On
And the God who gave me all of them.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Saturday, November 10, 2012
The Shadows Whisper
Walking in the night,
But the light gasps,
then fades, its power insufficient,
to project beyond its given sphere,
it coughs, then fades to black.
Because everywhere the light isn't,
There are the shadows,
Defined in contrast with its only foe,
The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.
Some people belong in the light,
But not I.
For though the light illuminates the path,
It denies the errant wanderer their quest.
The only truth that matters,
Is the one that I discover.
The only honest route is through the dark,
the only true companion my own mind.
The shadows whisper,
"Welcome home."
One foot in front of the other,
Pacing, plodding, trudging,
Marching into uncertainty.
The shadows whisper a warning,
Alone in the dark,
Every sound an alarm,
Every corner an ambush.
The shadows whisper an invitation,
"Embrace me. Embrace yourself.
Hide your secrets here,
Uncage your demons."
The shadows whisper a promise,
"I'll accept you as you are,
Become your ally,
Safeguard you from the cruel light of day."
Shadows don't whisper,
They echo.
Standing on the edge of the unknown,
Paralyzed by indecision,
"Are cliffs for climbing,
Or leaping?"
The light declares,
"Come to me.
I will protect you from the dark.
I'll become your guide."
Strolling, ambling, sauntering,
Marching into the light,
Feet placed with resolution,
The path illuminated.
But the light gasps,
then fades, its power insufficient,
to project beyond its given sphere,
it coughs, then fades to black.
Because everywhere the light isn't,
There are the shadows,
Defined in contrast with its only foe,
The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.
Some people belong in the light,
But not I.
For though the light illuminates the path,
It denies the errant wanderer their quest.
The only truth that matters,
Is the one that I discover.
The only honest route is through the dark,
the only true companion my own mind.
The shadows whisper,
"Welcome home."
Friday, November 9, 2012
America the Great
I'm aware that the election did not go the way anyone who might be reading this wanted. (This is one of the nice things about all your friends being conservative, you can always address a specific audience politically) I just wanted to take a moment to say that it is not the end of the world. The sun is still coming up tomorrow, and it will keep coming up for the next four years. Life moves on.
Obama is not the ideal candidate. Granted. But he does have some things going for him that I can respect in a commander in chief. He is a solid diplomat and an expert negotiator. I agree with most of his foreign policy decisions, even if we stand apart on Israel. He also knows how to manage the military. On this issue, Romney was just wrong. There is absolutely no need to increase the defense budget. Our modern enemies are not nations like Russia or China. They are insurgents, shadow fighters. You can't fight the shadows with a tank, you need spec ops teams. So when Obama backs military reforms that trim the fat and make us a leaner, faster, more mobile and adaptable fighting force, I am 100% behind that.
Heck, if he could get spending under control he might actually make a decent president.
But even if there is nothing he supports that you agree with, even if he stands juxtaposed to your entire core ethos, he isn't going to be able to stop America.
You see, I've been all around the world. I've seen different cultures, experienced different lifestyles. The world can be a beautiful place, but no where holds a candle to the United States of America. This country is the foundation of freedom the world over. Here you can speak your mind, influence the way things run, and live your life the way you want to. You can find more economic opportunity than anywhere else in the world. And you can enjoy it all free from fear, knowing that our country is protected by the mightiest military force assembled in history.
Our system of government was divinely inspired to bring the light of freedom to the world. When it really comes down to it, the government doesn't mean a thing, because our country is run by us. We the people.
Our history is written in blood, but more often than not, that blood was sacrificed in defense of those who could not defend themselves or spilt in the struggle for liberty, protecting the rights that God himself gave to us. We have made mistakes, but we continually improve, learning lessons and becoming more and more a paragon nation that exemplifies humanities potential.
Now can you really picture all of that being toppled by a democratic president with only four years in office?
Think again.
"Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself." - Victor Frankl
Obama is not the ideal candidate. Granted. But he does have some things going for him that I can respect in a commander in chief. He is a solid diplomat and an expert negotiator. I agree with most of his foreign policy decisions, even if we stand apart on Israel. He also knows how to manage the military. On this issue, Romney was just wrong. There is absolutely no need to increase the defense budget. Our modern enemies are not nations like Russia or China. They are insurgents, shadow fighters. You can't fight the shadows with a tank, you need spec ops teams. So when Obama backs military reforms that trim the fat and make us a leaner, faster, more mobile and adaptable fighting force, I am 100% behind that.
Heck, if he could get spending under control he might actually make a decent president.
But even if there is nothing he supports that you agree with, even if he stands juxtaposed to your entire core ethos, he isn't going to be able to stop America.
You see, I've been all around the world. I've seen different cultures, experienced different lifestyles. The world can be a beautiful place, but no where holds a candle to the United States of America. This country is the foundation of freedom the world over. Here you can speak your mind, influence the way things run, and live your life the way you want to. You can find more economic opportunity than anywhere else in the world. And you can enjoy it all free from fear, knowing that our country is protected by the mightiest military force assembled in history.
Our system of government was divinely inspired to bring the light of freedom to the world. When it really comes down to it, the government doesn't mean a thing, because our country is run by us. We the people.
Our history is written in blood, but more often than not, that blood was sacrificed in defense of those who could not defend themselves or spilt in the struggle for liberty, protecting the rights that God himself gave to us. We have made mistakes, but we continually improve, learning lessons and becoming more and more a paragon nation that exemplifies humanities potential.
Now can you really picture all of that being toppled by a democratic president with only four years in office?
Think again.
"Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself." - Victor Frankl
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