Posted on 04/06/2020 5:09:26 PM PDT by fhayek
I have a purpose to this. And I think this may be an appropriate time to pose the questions. What does it mean to be good? And what does it mean to be free?
I want to be both. I think that being good means supporting oneself. Raising one's own children. Being a good citizen when it comes to obeying laws and social mores. Military service, if called upon.
Being free means minimal control from whatever happens to be the government. That one is tough. We all seem to sacrifice freedom when some elite or another demands we do it. In the last twenty years, freedom has become an endangered animal.
I pose this here and now, because, it just so happens that this is the last day of my fifties. I look at the world, I look at America. I look at freedom...and goodness, and I want to be optimistic. Help me be optimistic.
P.S. Yeah I tend to do vanities when I get all maudlin and...uh drinking. Flame me if you want to. I have asbestos underwear....
I believe in the future. And though it can make one weary...always opt for good..opt for free.
Your name is Hayek, I assume a lot about you because of that
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