I coughed and sweated my way through the day today, spending it entirely in the office where I am kept. Aside from some frightening fits of coughing, nothing too frightening for me or the staff.
I picked up bits and pieces today from visitors to my blog and others who, for reasons unclear to me now, succeeded in making me visit. A couple of dangerous, but very thought-provoking, comments are worth repeating here...or, at least, encouraging readers to risk visiting.
Here is a link that will cause a reaction of some kind from you. I hope you will read and reflect and not condemn it without giving it serious thought. I'm not a radical, but some days I think I should be. Some days I feel that I am the liberal who does nothing but swagger and run. This is even more uncomfortable. Be willing to be uncomfortable for awhile. It will make you think. And wonder. And, just maybe, act.
Here's the writer...or so the web says...a 75 year-old guy who calls himself Pocho, a guy who lives in Mexico and who once read my blog and encouraged me to follow my heart, which he believes is much further left than I sometimes suggest. I wonder, should I? Am I really that far left? The portraits I read of 'liberals' make me want to rush out to prove I'm not 'one of them,' those who preach out of one side of their mouths and live out of another. I do wonder. I wonder so, so much. Do I believe enough to act, or just enough to bark in bravado, and scurry to the cave when things get out of hand? How about you?
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I don't recall being here before, but then have been a lot of places. You might be interested also in perusing our Forum or contributing to it. Feel free also to come into the Chat Room if so inclined. Baring other duties, you'll find me there, and we can converse one on one. "Other duties" means 1) Taking a nap, which you will in time find increase in number and length as each year rolls by 2) Walking the dog, who with each of his passing years, figures should increase in number and length whether I am naping or not, and 3) Listening to my wife whenever there is need or desire to understand something worthwhile. Put them together and it is a job I enjoy.
Mucha gusto en conocerte
Adios y que tenga buen dia
Pocho
Bev, it's obvious...you're deeply, deeply radical! Well, maybe not, but you seem to me to be the sort of person who doesn't let politics guide your thinking. Rather, you let intellect and assessments of consequences guide what then turns, in the minds of some, to politics. I think you're right, local concerns tend to be the ones that matter, though broader national concerns we may not want to invade our space tend to do just that. Thanks for a thoughtful comment.
Pocho, I think you only visited once, when you happened on a post I made about Ajijic...it was probably associated with a tirade about Bush and his fascist henchmen, which might have led you to assume I might be leaning far, far left (I, like Bev, though, tend to let my personal convictions and the consequences of government actions drive my political leanings).
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