My newest Godson and nephew David visited with us on Sunday September, 19th. Hadn't seen the lad since 1999, though I'd spoken with him on the phone.
It was a heavy evening. Laughing, hugging, lots of kisses for the boy, catching up with family news, taking pictures, dinner etc. Because it was such an emotion filled night, just before he went to sleep, he wrote his feelings/observations on a pad of paper, late Sunday night.
I had the privilege of reading them Monday morning and was impressed. I asked and recieved his permission to publish them here. Remember......this guy is just 21 years old.
"David wrote.......and I quote verbatim";
Anger is shallow, lest we forget, anger is the fuel that operates ignorance. Passion is a window of opportunity and it is our ground to stand on. It is what compels us to stand up and defend what is truly right. It drives us to strive for the best and the most sensible conclusions.
Now I am shallow. For I have let anger control me. I have fed my own ignorance and inadequacies simply by resorting to aggression rather than logic.
Most of the time I am getting better. It is not my sins to be forgiven. They are not even sins I have the ability to forgive.
It is not my place. My place is to accept, not fight. Understand and not condemn.
Picture a world where this was actually our initial reactions. Instead of simply looking at a situation and expressing how we have to now inconvenience ourselves by letting something into our lives, accept it. For it is truths. Instead of shying away and TRYING to make it better, we must understand (learn to understand) and accept the beauty in reality. We cannot control, nor change what happens. All we can do is stop trying to cover our tracks and work with the situation that has been provided.
Everything happens for a reason.
DAVID. September/19/2004
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