Going it Alone

Our news-feeds have been saturated with the devastating winter storm in Texas. I simply can't imagine the horrific living conditions resulting from the disruption of electrical power. The state was understandably not prepared for conditions like this. 

Our San Antonio neighbors have experienced extreme hardships as a result.

On Monday, February 15, power was subject to planned outages. This, according to KSAT-TV “caused millions to be without power for days.” About the same time, grocery stores began limiting the purchase of water, eggs, milk, bread, and other items.  

Children Learn and Children Teach

My mother LOVED Art Linkletter.  

Many of you have no recollection of this television personality, but Art Linkletter's House Party was not to be missed in our household. Reading about it today, I understand the popularity of this program.  

The Goal of Imperfection

It’s funny how experience teaches us what to consider right and proper as well as what to reject as substandard and downright unacceptable.

This is the first of two examples.

Ignorance Should Not Be Bliss

I admit it.  I do not know everything.  In fact, I know extraordinarily little.

I cannot know what it is like to live in your shoes. Even if I try, your worldview will probably be misunderstood without a great deal of exploration and discussion.

I admit it.  

And yet, my first impulse (and maybe yours as well) is to defend what I “know” to be the truth because I have spent my whole life surrounded by it.  It is not my fault if you don't know what's true because you spent your life somewhere else. 

Example number 1.