LIGHT AT
THE END OF THE TUNNEL
Roger D.
Sinot
Age of Confusion- We have everything a
machine age can provide, and yet boredom and unhappiness have reached an
all-time high and our morals have plunged on an all-time low as to a social
rating.
"What happened to
the people these days? Many of them act as if policemen are their
enemies," wondered a policeman mauled by the crowd. The young officer said
when interviewed by a news reporter: "when other hoodlums tried to take
away my prisoner, members of the crowd held my arms and one took my gun, some
even joined in the assault. Nobody tried to help me!"
He was shown on TV
being brought to a hospital on a stretcher. His cheek was bloody from an ugly
wound, and he was in pain from a savage kick in the groin. His nose was broken
after being stomped on by a teenager's steel-toe boot.
The attitude towards
the officers and the government officials is so frightening as witnessed in our
daily news. That takes a special tactical patrol force, fully armed to disperse
the taunting, dangerous mobs who try to interfere with the work of the police.
The authority said, "the police cannot fight crime and the public at the
same time."
There are many
contributing causes to the rioting and crime wave in our country. Probably one
of the contributing factors is poverty. But another contributing element is
found in the home.
Much of todays'
disrespect for authority stems from disorganized or indifferent family life.
Young people reflect the attitudes of their parents. Even though people want law
and order, peace and security, an increasingly vocal minority is revolutionary
in attitude.
"Until the
attitude of the government, the family, the home, the church, the courts become
predominantly "righteous", our democratic form of government is in danger
of being thrown. What is the answer to these problems? How righteous is our
society at its core? We have cured our hunger and quenched our thirst with the
desire for money, security, fame and success.
St. Augustine wrote
"two verbs that built two empires, the verb to have and the verb to be.
The first is empire of things, materials, possessions and power. The second is
an empire of the spirit and things that last."
In Matthew 5:6, Christ
expresses a crucial, central truth when he spoke these words: "Happy are
they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness." He addressed them to
the multitude. The important question was what were they hungry for?
I say," It pays
to live a simple life, simple living. Take a little of everything,"
according to my cousin March Fianza. Let us live our life to the fullest.
A favorite song my
mother used to sing goes..." I'm satisfied with just a cottage below, a
little of silver, a little of gold". So my fellow readers, live a simple
and righteous life. Don't worry, be happy. Let us not be mob followers. A sage
teaches us to distinguish what is right from wrong and live within our bounds.
This is simple living. All we are saying is act naturally.
Happy trails everyone
and all!
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