The 26th Winter Olympics concluded with an outstanding ceremony in the coliseum of Verona, older than the coliseum in Rome. It was very uplifting to see the rainbow mosaic of humanity together in joy.
Everyone is special, and as George Fox of the Quakers said, there is the divine light and spark within all. Early American colonial patriot Thomas Paine, author of “Common Sense,” said, “The world is my country, all mankind my brethren, and my religion is to do good.”
However, some in recent times see others as poison, vermin, animals, garbage. Their malignant narcissism blinds them from considering, “There but by the grace of God go I,” and instead build mega-size houses as human kennels.
Edgar Cayce, in one of his thousands of readings, said, “There are those who have roamed our planet in the past and do so in the present, who not only don’t have a conscience but even a soul, and are only a shell of a human bereft of any feelings.”
Thomas Jefferson warned us that a wolf will appear in the future and try to destroy our democracy, which is fragile.
We can only rise above the prevailing evil by practicing peaceful resistance, prayer and positive thinking.
Good will prevail over evil. The only thing stronger than hate is love.
Frank S. Porembka Jr.
Ligonier