There are possibly fifteen of us and at each informal
breakfast we'll assemble maybe 7 or 8 around two or three tables pushed
together in the back corner of a K&W cafeteria at the north end of Myrtle
Beach. Most of
us are retirees, some of us are churched, none of us care too much about
religion per se.
We’re from all
over the country. Many are
southerners. Maybe a quarter of us are
from the north … Maine, New
York, Ohio, etc. All of us were wondering a couple of weeks
ago what has happened to America.
Now, it’s true old guys always worry about such things,
but don’t forget we were considered a
valuable resource in earlier times when elders and their opinions were held in
greater esteem.
I would say we reached two points of consensus: 1. what's
happening does not seem good, and 2. it's going to continue whether we like it
or not.
As to what one could do about it:
1. If
a person sees an opportunity to join with others and work against the complete
secularization of the country, that may be an avenue to follow. 2. Don't be surprised if the effort does
little good. But by the way, a lack of success is no reason to NOT join the
effort.
About the time the sweet lady who carries a pot of coffee
around the restaurant had filled up our "go" cups for the ride out, it
came to me we were doing exactly what people of like minds have done for
centuries ... meet together in small groups, keep the light shining in our
midst and ask a blessing for each other and our loved ones, as well as guidance
for the way we live our lives. We needn’t
worry too much over what the rest of the world is doing.
Our little group's opinions may
not fare well against the billions of dollars lined up in Washington
and Hollywood in opposition to our
way of life, but something tells me there are a lot more of us than some people
think. And if not, I won’t worry about
that either.
copyright
2016 by David Griffin
The
Windswept Press
Murrells
Inlet,
South
Carolina
