Scars
There is an old story about a boy who was having problems controlling his temper and cursing. His father advised him to drive a nail in a fence every time he lost his temper or cursed. The first day he tried it he put dozens of nails in the fence. Over the next several weeks of patiently driving nails in the fence he slowly reduced the number of nails daily and eventually got to zero. After going several days without having to drive any nails in the fence, he went to his father, and happily told him he had not cursed, had not lost his temper, and had not driven any nails into the fence for several days. His father then told him to go pull all the nails out of the fence in which he had driven the nails. It was a huge task because he had to remove several hundred nails. After he completed the job his father pointed out that although all the nails were gone, in every place he had previously driven a nail there was now a scar in the wood.
Racism – Cause and Cure
June 12, 2020 by admin • Food for Thought • Tags: Racism • 0 Comments
The death of George Floyd, and other incidents concerning race, have brought the charge of racism to the forefront of the public attention. Protests, riots, attacks on individuals, buildings burned, monuments defaced and damaged, have impacted lives and livelihoods across the nation. The policeman involved in the death of George Floyd has been charged with murder and others with aiding or abetting in the incident.
Consequently, as the media and people in general are wont to do, they have painted with a broad brush and innocent people are being attacked and persecuted. Politicians have done what politicians tend to do, which is to preen for the camera. Various police officers, innocent of any wrongdoing, have been attacked simply for wearing the uniform.
I have been blessed to know and to attend church with several police officers over the past 40 years. Those I have had the pleasure of knowing have been good people doing necessary jobs that many people would decline. And usually for insufficient pay for the dangers they face daily. And I believe they are typical of most police officers. But there are always that small percentage that are not typical.
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