Because I am spending more time in a smaller circumference on this vacation, rather than travels hither and yon, I am having time to read.
I started my third book yesterday (!) while waiting for my friend to finish her massage.
On this trip I’ve read:
And now I’m a few chapters into
I love that I can check out ebooks from the library and download them to my iPad. It’s a light weight way to carry a library of possibilities when I travel.
I’m also having more time during quiet mornings to read the myriad of devotions I receive via email and apps each day. All via iPhone.
A daily email, though not one that would be classified as a devotional, almost always gives me deep spiritual pondering. Its from Seth Godin, and this morning’s gave me pause:
Politics is organized sparring about power, without much regard for efficacy or right or wrong.
Governance is the serious business of taking responsibility for leadership.
When we have a chance to speak up for governance we strike a blow against politics.
Dedication, resilience, and concerted effort have saved us before and they can save us again. Except once again, it’s up to us to speak up and do something about it.
These words had me write a letter to myself in my head. I am one of those leaders after all.
If our country was indeed founded in the belief of the unalienable right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,
Do the decisions I make forward life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Not only for me. But most particularly for others?
Am I, a woman of great privilege, willing to give up some of my privilege for others? Or at least share? Or at least work to break down the walls and open the doors that keep those privileges selfishly close?
And it’s so easy for me to see how someone with many guns might harm other’s life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, what choices do I make that harm someone else’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What about me?
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