a passing stranger
"Do you know what happened to me today?" This from
a slight, well-put-together woman I smiled at during a walk. She said, "My
job is so stressful, I just walked from..." 3+ miles, and she was in work
clothes & shoes. She had meant it as a casual, would you believe, how
funny, comment. But then she broke down. Not for long, she pulled herself
together pretty quickly -- 5 mins of letting it out, tops. But what are we
doing to people, in this country? Millions and millions on the edge of
endurance. I was home sick on Sunday, and read myself the service out of an
antique prayer book. There are verses from the Bible read during services. The
surprising thing was that this very old version of the prayer book had about 3x
as many verses about the responsibility of the wealthy to give, share, sustain,
as the contemporary prayerbook. God, despite the evil that is coming out of the
far-right, is not a fiscal conservative. We are, in fact, our brothers (or
sisters) keepers. I told her to make herself a cup of tea or coffee, eat, take
a walk by the water and relax over the weekend, while I patted her arm and
rubbed her back. We exchanged hugs. It was pathetically inadequate. I hope Paul
Ryan imploded tonight, and lets the hatefulness of extreme conservatism show
through.
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