Thanksgiving Reflections

Getting Our Country Back Together

I am NOT suggesting capitulation to the crazier Left Wing Nuts.

But I AM suggesting that it’s in our own best interests to open the door - cautiously, as SOME of The Left will just use that as an excuse to trash the house - and begin building/re-building relationships with family, friends, and neighbors who were temporarily under the spell of The Left and Vicious.

It will not be easy. We WERE wronged, attacked by untrue slurs, with petty punitive actions designed to keep us isolated, and in acting in disregard for our reputational loss.

Many of us were tempted to respond in kind. Some of us DID.

I’m a Catholic, and my Church instructs its members to Forgive, even 7 x 70.

It’s hard. The people who acted against us, whether directly, or by standing by when others smeared our reputations, led some to lose jobs or businesses, and even refused to help with verbal support, committed vile acts.

This time will be a true test of just how seriously we take the command to act like Christ. Refraining, not just from a deserved Bitch-Slapping, but also from responding with some well-chosen words of reproach will be a very tough test of our character.

The thing is, BOTH sides think they are due a humble apology. Many fear, with some justification, that if they are the first to extend their hand, it will be interpreted as an admission of guilt.

And, of course, that the OTHER person was completely right, in every wacky conspiracy accusation, slur, fear, and action.

So, that approach seems doomed to failure.

But, it’s not - just realize that relationships can be broken with just a few thoughtless acts or words. And it can take a long time to repair them.

The effort is worth it. Stop thinking of the no-longer-close former friend, not as a hateful enemy, but as a Prodigal, lost in the morass of The Left. They need our heartfelt love and acceptance, not disdain and rejection.

That’s all I have to say for now. I came home from thanksgiving dinner coughing and breathless. I’ve taken my expectorant/decongestant, and am under the covers, chillin’.

I’m fixin’ to take a nap.