JUST SOME POSTS

I will start this post by stating a emphasizing that I in no way am condoning the actions or outcome of the police officers in the George Floyd death in Minnesota or any of the other events that have caused outrage and outcries in recent memories. The policeman that held Mr. Floyd down should be charged with murder or whatever the most serious charge(s) that can be applied to the case. The other officers that were involved should be charged with accessory to whatever the charge is. There was no reason for Mr. Floyd to be treated in that way. I will leave it at that. I wanted to mention something that has been percolating in my head with the Covid-19 issue and now with this incident in Minnesota - that is one of perspective. If you have read any of my previous posts since late February was trying to address the issue of perspective. The news media has done nothing but hype the deaths and infection rate along with the most dire of predictions since the Coronavirus reports of mid-February...

I have had some posts floating around in my head for a while. I wanted to at least get one done and then I can attack the others. I will admit, sometimes when I go to do a post I look and I have done something very similar a while back. That prevents me from writing. I am not sure exactly what I have written on the subject of perspective as I did not look. I did want to get one done. So, without further ado (too much ado is not good!)... The ability of a human to accept something that would have been unacceptable in another time, place, or situation, is profound. I recently wrote something concerning views of the past, in light of a portion of the people wanted to get rid of any reminder of anything uncomfortable. Our view of the past will almost always appear distorted when viewed through the lens of the present.                                                 ...

OK, the second in one day - something is going on! I wanted to do a blog on perspective. Life and our evaluation of it is based a LOT on perspective. I got a great example of this yesterday. My wife is disabled!! Officially. Perspective - - - On face value, that would not appear to be a good thing. Disability is not to be cheered. Ah, official disability is (or can be). My seventeen year old was here yesterday when my wife opened the letter and we were cheering for disability. She made a comment that is was weird that we were happy with Mom being disabled. I explained we weren't, but... My wife's condition is affected not one bit by what the doctors, bureaucrats, or anyone else labels it. She is no more nor no less disabled or ill than prior to getting the letter. However, getting the letter signifies official legal acceptance of her disability. That will hopefully lead to a lessening of the financial burdens of her condition and let us deal exclusively with the physical ...