harmony & power

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I've been watching events around the world for a long time and some events leave me wondering just how  much longer life in the manner we live can be maintained. If corrections are not made in our lifestyle and made soon then the bottom is where mankind seems headed. A problem facing all mankind not just America, is growing steadily. So many if not all mankind's problems facing every civilized and less civilized nation on this planet stem from moral issues. The problems continue to multiply well beyond our ability or our will to control them and then at our every turn we face more severe problems. Problems with finances, problems with employment, problems with education, problems with water sources,  and with food sources, and with energy sources, and with health problems, and during these latter times we have begun experiencing more serious problems than ever within our own families.

Rather than making new inroads the world continues to relive the past and although we are wearing different clothes and speaking different languages the process remains the same and the world has learned little if anything. It has been said over and over, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". What about the poor souls who have never heard or read any history about the past? Well, this undoubtedly makes it worse for those people it is much the same within each family as we live and then we forget, and we go right back through the same old crap, generation after generation after generation. Every generation examines their surroundings and always they will assume with some new-found knowledge they  have discovered something new about life and shout out to the world, "we're here, we've arrived at a new and different place", and with these expectations they look further down the road with hope. But just like people in the past before you know it they will find themselves repeating the very same things over again and still won't understand why the same things happens again just as it has happened so many times before.

 Pride can be a wonderful thing if used correctly, but pride that comes forth in a manner that is boastful for sake of vanity is a pride which will bring downfall. Pride that comes with humility brings an inner strength which comes through to the surface and will be seen by others. We think we can control everything and have no need to lean on anyone or reach out to any source of help even if that source could bring us more insight and strength. There are times where we've become much too impressed with our own intellect and perceived strength, and when that happens our arrogance stops us from admitting our weakness and realizing where our real strength comes from.

 This country was founded by a people who believed in a source of power far beyond that of the country itself or that of mortal man. Their belief in that, "power greater than themselves" was the foundation on which they recognized a society with such values and strength could be built. They realized also that without those inner values, that society, that country, that nation, would not and could not survive. They needed something more than a simple base of people which would only amount to another country with another king to guide according to his will. They wanted and needed, something that would create a civilized society that could be ruled by laws which would set boundaries of right and wrong, laws that gave men confidence in equality, and they knew those  laws must be derived from belief in that higher power which could give man the opportunity to live peaceful and live in harmony with others. That something which would give those people and that nation, the glue to bind a civilized people with established law and set forth the experiment called America, was written in the Constitution and Bill of Rights derived from the core of Judeo Christian teachings. That quality holding that country together has been the harmony created from that, "power greater than themselves" and with faith it just may continue a while longer yet.