MINUTES of a MONDAY #147
A little bit of this and that to get your week up and running
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Slán - Niall☘️ **
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BRAIN Food: A Coalition of Decency
“When I was (essentially) fired last week by ABC News, I had all the usual, awful emotions. Still do, at times. You find out who your friends are.
I live in Frederick County, MD, closer to Gettysburg, PA, than to downtown Washington, DC. It’s a purple area; plenty of Trump supporters, plenty of Trump opponents. And I have been so moved and gratified by the genuine support and kindnesses shown to me and my family by neighbors and friends on both sides of our country’s Great Divide.
The father of one of my son’s friends, a softball teammate of mine just out of the Army who voted for Trump, is checking in on us regularly. The mom of one of my daughter’s travel softball teammates, staunchly for Trump, was one of the first to reach out to my wife (and never underestimate the strength and solidarity of travel softball moms). Across the teams and neighborhoods around here, we are being lifted up by what you might call a bipartisan coalition of decency. I can’t tell you how much it means to us.
It’s hard to hate up close. That’s what Senator Smith was trying to show Senator Lee. That’s the truth our neighbors and friends are living out right now.
And that’s what we must remember in these troubled times. For every Mike Lee, there are a lot more normal people who don’t buy into the cruelty and viciousness. They aren’t going to become Democrats, of course. But they are normal. Across that great divide, there are friends to be made.”
on friends either side of the great divideSOUL FOOD:
“The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.”
Carl Sandburg
LOL:
Mick Miller on being careful selecting your chosen breed of dog:
APPENDIX:
“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrafice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are wounded, sometimes destroyed.”
Ernest Hemingway
A.O.B.
That’s #147 in the can. I hope you enjoyed this weeks installment.
Thank you for getting this far.
And, as always, mind how you go out there & slán agus beannacht.
Niall