Well - I'm not the bionic man yet, but I'm getting there. Knees are fixed and working like knees should. Back is getting better - walking farther without much pain AND I had cataracts removed from both eyes and replaced with astigmatism correcting implants. No Glasses except to read (actually hardest adjustment, trying to keep up with where I laid them down lasdt). Dr Miller and her staff did a wonderful job - easiest and probably most succesful treatment I've ever been through.
Still having trouble riding a bike: My balance issues have me weaving all over the place with an occasional crash. But I persevere.
But enough about me
The world is a mess right now. I know it's always been a mess, but we didn't have the interconnectedness of commerce that we have right now. There are no good answers that I have heard. Partisanship and ideological bickering here and abroad have paralyzed governments.
Fear - generated by massive amounts of cable "news" coverage as well as the usual broadcast channels, further divides us. We fear everything these days- especially people who don't look like us or talk like us. When we begin calling other human beings "aliens" we are calling into question those foundational traditions that made us a great country.
Whatever we do we need to begin replacing fear with genuine charity of heart. Charity is the old English word for love; not romantic love, but the love of one another that calls us to trust one another with dignity and respect, no matter your state in life, where you come from or what faith you profess. We can also stop being obsessed with the fodder tossed at us by the 24 hour news cycle. Working in a soup kitchen, being a Citizen Advocate (more on this in a separate blog post); helping out at one of the senior centers - all of those things and more will rip you away from the paranoia that we call news these days.
Well - I'm back and I promise to be more regular in posting.
