General Discussion

I had a completely different rant in mind when I sat down and started writing this. But the above essay wrote itself. Let that be a warning to DUers that I might write the essay I had intended to post ..... though I find it more difficult to remember things these days. (grin)

In the next week, I plan to get back on track with my usual duties. While I am generally a hermit, I do get out to the grocery store every so often, and use those opportunities to visit three guys I attended school with more than half a century ago. They are "shut-ins," formally the toughest guys in the region. One was a national college wrestling star, and a dare-devil who constantly challenged himself to do really dangerous stunts that have left him even more physically damaged than me. Another one was being scouted by pro baseball & football coaches, until unexpected fatherhood changed his plans. He was a dedicated father of a little girl who ended up dying of cancer at a young age. After that, he went downhill with addiction, to the point where he had a stroke and now is a prisoner in his body.

One of the lessons that Onondaga Faithkeeper Oren Lyons teaches that to promote a healthy society, we each have a duty to look out for those just beneath us. Each time we do so, we add a building block to the foundation of a healthy and just society.