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The Only True Supremacy...
..is supremacy over ourselves so that nothing and no one can lead us to do wrong while we lead ourselves to do what's right.
It's a simple yet difficult truth at a time too many have believed that their fate is in others' hands, and if the others are feared or hated, violence comes to spoil the good life for all. There's no supremacy in that, just more degradation and lack of progress for all. Wisdom beckons the foolish to reason and be fools no more.
Here are Barack Obama and Michelle, from a part of America and Americans that once were made to act as chattel by force, and rather than seeking supremacy over those who immorally subjugated their ancestry, sought supremacy over self, through study, working through the law and showing a sacrifice of pride to do what is right toward others. And here they are about to be nominated as the First Family of the United States of America.
It is precisely by mastering one's own spirit and doing good to overcome evil that lasting peace and well being is possible. That is the bedrock truth of all human relations. Ignored, there is discord.
While I differ with some of the Obama's premises, principally about abortion, I laud their example and point out that not even those on the Right have eliminated the grisly practice by leading a change of heart in the nation by example. A change of heart and mind is more permanent than a dead letter law on a book and preferable if it actually saves more lives.
And so I have hope that if Barack Obama is elected President of the United States, he'll inspire a change on the face of America toward the helpless in the womb as well as out, and the national focus will gradually turn toward service to others, from the womb to the grave. And all the people said...
Amen.
Comments (2)
Well said.
August 26, 2008 2:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for saying so Tom.
August 29, 2008 4:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
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