Common Truths For Uncommon Times, Part IV
I created these "truths" to encourage the reader to consider what his or her truths might be. What are your truths? Who are you? Our sense of outrage has been satiated. We can"t stay at the peak level of any emotion for very long. We can only be greatly offended for so long and apathy settles in for relief. The second hundred atrocities isn"t nearly as appalling as the first hundred. There are values which span religious and political beliefs. At least in a western democratic society. Such values include honesty, respect for life and property, esteem for elders and their wisdom, loyalty to family and community, concern for those less blessed, resistance to injustice and repression, hope for a better future, and the freedom to practice and enjoy those values. ...
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