From a friend of mine, a United Methodist Pastor who writes essays regularly. Reflecting on his/our childhood, inspired by a Maya Angelou quote, which is at the bottom.
"We didn’t think about the political issues that affected us—or the financial ones—or the education ones—or the health ones—or the town, county, state, country, or international ones.
We just played as if there was not a care in the world about which to be concerned. And for much of my childhood there was not.
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...And that even was prolonged into young adulthood and even into college—not the playing so much, but the nicely normal feeling of most every day. That is no longer the reality of course—but simply wanting what used to be a “normal day” like that is where I am in this moment on this morning of this day. It is profoundly sad to me—tear causing sad—that it is seemingly no longer possible for this to be the reality. Such is life.
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...However: “This is a wonderful day. I have never seen this one before.”
He closes; Thank you for that thought, Maya Angelou!
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