Winter is coming

Catching Up...

I am so far behind....and I was given the update at the GYM this morning....so I decided to update myself some more when I arrived at home.

I have to say, I have been out of the information loop for a LONG time. When you read this statement, consider that I am online and read A LOT of things EVERY DAY. But....I still have managed to miss making a connection that is very necessary.

"Separation of Church and State"....yeah that statement usually makes people sit up and take notice. It also means different things to different individuals. Well, maybe I should say it is interpreted differently by many different individuals.

In today's society, it seems as though everyone has a right to shout what they think and what they believe any where at any time of day....unless you are a christian. Then you are holding everyone back and suppressing them by not being tolerant. Now this is NOT how I see it. This is just what i see around me.
(the above was written about 6 months ago)


............... (today in the fall of 2014)


There are a lot of things people miss though the picture is right in front of them. I am no exception.
there are a lot of things I see that would have appalled so many in times before...I wonder at our State of Acceptance today. This is not political. This is not religious. This is society and it's projected viewpoint. Every generation thinks it moves forward. Sometimes, we move backward.

There are so many points to make running through my head....and yet...they are all related but not related. Yes I know how that sounds. Undecided. Unsure. Not reliable....but there are a lot of things to ponder and take seriously and not just shot from the tip of your tongue because you can.

Beheading, Hanging, and crimes punished...were once done so publicly.
the guillotine....the noose... They were sure things for certain crimes. Nothing was hidden in those punishments. That is not to say that all who got those punishments were guilty. It is to say that those punishments were stark and to the point and irreversible. They were held in the town square so that everyone knew the fate of those who committed such crimes.

No I am not saying that this is a time or tradition we should bring back...However, I think a crime has been committed on our society as a whole when this thought would shock so many and a crime of murder was committed in the form of a beheading and all the implications were not visited.

A journalist was beheaded over seas. I saw some outrage, but not as much as would have been present in our society two decades ago. and then suddenly, it disappears from the media and nothing more is heard. No action, and yet no more outrage to the circumstance either.....

A woman is beheaded at her workplace on our own soil in Mid-America (Oklahoma) and though it is broadcast in the media...there is less outrage over this than over the journalist. Again, a crime against our society in the fact that we actually seem (as a society) to accept that this can happen....and that little will be done about it.

I don't follow politics as much as I should. That is not to say that things do not bother me. I do not watch the news every morning and night. I do vote. I do have an opinion on the happenings in our nation and outside of our borders. I do pray for peace...only to know that peace may only come after a war that seems to be building......yet.....the lines of the architecture are not so clear and defined as they once were. I wonder if we are already at war...just not outright open warfare.

Do you see what I see? Do you understand the meaning....not just the words. Do you think about these things too....

Armageddon has been a word on the lips of many generations. I am sure each soldier and family who fought (or was involved in the times) in each world war and a few of the minor wars to come after thought "Armageddon" had arrived. Every generation has made the claim that "the end of days are near"......

Our newest sci-fi series states it beautifully and their world doesn't see it either....

"Winter is coming.".....on Earth...Not just in Westeros

Fitting...don't you think?
Maybe my perspective is a bit skewed.....

My thoughts for the moment....put down in words and flung out in cyberspace ...... for the world to read.... interpret what you will. Comment if you like. Please be respectful...NOT rude. I do enjoy other viewpoints and welcome them. I don't care for people yelling insults and "ripping" into something or someone on the sole principal that they can. I know not everyone shares my thoughts, opinions, or even my viewpoint.