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Janet Schilling's avatar

I’m with you. This is not what I expect my country to be.

M H's avatar

Yes it must be hard for you,as you don't like killing.I don't like killing either l know it's for survival.Killing Is wrong cold blooded killing humans is evil ,and murder by a man who has orders to kill by idiots.l ask God where are you? Because I don't understand what is going on in his creation.Evil goes on with no justice being done .

Barry P Osborne's avatar

❤ Excellent!!!

Jeannine's avatar

Thank you Elizabeth for your wise words. Your essays resonate deeply with my heart. You offer so much food for thought (no pun intended), and many lessons of 'attentiveness to tenderness'.

Thank you.

Stephanie Hunt's avatar

our tax dollars supporting state sanctioned cold-blooded murder, with impunity and no investigation, is an outrage. Thanks for adding squirrely beauty to the darkness

Kim Nelson's avatar

You have captured an essential truth here, Elizabeth, contextualizing it in a way that all of us can visualize. Thank you for using your voice and your writing skills to send that truth into the world in another necessary way. All hands on deck. All voices arise!

Meanwhile, Elsewhere's avatar

You know those amazing jumps that a squirrel can make from the tippy-tip of a branch of one tree to the tippy-tip branch of another? I love the leap you made from one part of your essay to the other. It's sobering. It's everywhere. Someone recently said "Humans have always been a mess; and we have always found the ballast to keep sailing." I think I just merged two quotes, but the idea is very Stoic: the world being a mess doesn't mean we change who we are and what we do to find good and promulgate joy.

Teresa O’Connor's avatar

All we can do is keep asking questions and remain true to our values. This time will pass. Let’s pray it’s soon. Thanks for always bringing up the challenging and thought provoking subjects.