We ought to be mature enough to
--realize no place is perfect yet still do our part toward making it better;
--realize that idiots abound and sometimes 1 shows up in our mirror--therefore at least a smidgin of humility is always in order;
--realize that yes, these are life and death; freedom and slavery; God and Country, eternal priority issues . . . all the more reason to be wisely, measuredly, grandfatherly-fiercely potent instead of flailing about like an angry, rabid, drunken, idiot, Marxist, liberal on meth.
--realize that while it's day; while we may; while we are able; while we have opportunity; while we have energy and means--we MUST work hard for LIFE, FREEDOM, GOD, COUNTRY AND OUR ETERNAL PRIORITY ISSUES--WE MUST STAND UP AND BE COUNTED if we do not want to lie in the same horrible cess pool as our very energized and well funded and very evil opponents.
--realize that while we fight for all we are worth for Good, God and Righteousness in any sense of those words . . . we MUST live like models of such with our spouses, our children, our family, our friends, with one another. What's the point if we act like the enemy with those we love the most?
--realize that in this Biblically predicted era of the GREATEST DECEPTIONS of all times . . . Godly wisdom--at least the best wisdom available is crucial and probably life-saving. Foolishness, blindness, lack of perceptiveness, cluelessness, blinding bias, simple minded irrationality and the like are not automatically patriotic; certainly not automatically right or correct and usually more destructive than helpful. Walk and communicate awake & wise vs zoned out and simply ranting out of blind emotion. The day is fast passing or gone when loud noise alone will win anything good.
--realize that this REALLY IS a life and death struggle of eternal proportions. This is beyond elections, MSM pontifications; political pontifications; culture; trends; styles; moods; Hollyweed; corruption; . . . We are talking about the deliberate, planned death of our way of life and of our nation as a nation--not just of our Constitution. The Marxist socialist globalist tyranny folks are playing for keeps. They may manipulate and use the clueless marchers with clever organization and skillful manipulation of the puppet strings. But they are much more than a Sunday afternoon party of ranters on parade. Soros alone has more than a few pennies plotting the downfall of our Nation as we have known it and lived it. We may FREEP in our 'free times,' but we need to be alert and committed to our worthy Cause 24/7. It may mean our very lives more than a few times.
--realize that loving God and loving one another takes priority over a LOT of other administrivia and even over a lot of lesser but important things. If we can't love in the midst of the fight, then the enemy has already won. It is worthy to hate what God hates. It is crucial to love what God loves--especially Him and one another.
Am honored to be here. THANKS TONS, JIM. I love loving the lot of you. Shoot, I even love the rabid . . . -ists.
You are dead on accurate with that statement.
Dave, perhaps you'd consider pinging the UFO ping list to this thread?
LUB