Throughout the Republican campaigns, I've been watching media personalities making references to "Team Romney." "Team Santorum," etc., and I'm thinking these knock-down political races are more like sports shows, with each team and the sports fans vilifying the candidates and each other.
I'm a non-believer, but has politics taken the place of religion for me? And then I ask what does all of this political drama matter to me? It shouldn't matter. The younger generations will go on living on this planet. My body has become a land mine, and taking care of myself has become more difficult. I sleep more, and find I don't have the energy to accomplish tasks that will maintain my life or fulfill obligations I've made to myself and to others.
If I were in Congress or in a place of influence where my voice would count for something, I would use it, but in my station in life, all the words I could write in a lifetime will not change anything.
I do not want to, nor will I, spend the rest of my life thinking and writing about these political issues that are polluted with bigotry and attempts to legislate morality and extremist Christian religion. I've openly stated my beliefs in my writing over the years, and now I rest my case.
I pass my passion for justice and equity on to the leaders who have a moral sense of responsibility, and on to younger generations who have good health and energy to make of this country what they believe will best serve them. And may the best team win.
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