I haven’t made up my mind whether to be excited about Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson heading up to the very edges of space in their homebuilt rocket machines, or to ridicule the whole endeavor as an expensive precursor to the opening of a new roller coaster ride that you and I will never be able to afford.
Nearly 60 Texas House Democrats left the state last Monday for Washington, D.C. in an effort to stop passage of a Republican-led elections bill. This in effect blocks all legislation since the House doesn’t have a quorum present. As the Austin American Statesman and other media outlets reported, Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to arrest the absent lawmakers upon their return. While in Washington, the legislators have met with Vice President Kamala Harris and several Democratic senators to push passage of a federal elections bill that is currently stalemated.
There is a lot of drama in this world. It seems people thrive on it. And if they cannot find drama, they will stir up their own.
For those of you who don’t know, the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald closed this week after 147 years in business. This wasn’t the first local newspaper to shut its doors, and it won’t be the last. But why is it happening?
A friend of mine shared a piece of her heart with me this past week. In the stanzas of a poem that she wrote, I saw the story of the lives of so many of us. So many times we let fear keep us from doing the things that we were called to do, the very purpose that we are here on this earth. We all have one, some maybe even more than one, but I am a firm believer that every single one of us has a purpose, a destiny. Far too often we let people and circumstances keep us from reaching the lofty heights that we are destined to reach. Let me share her words with you.
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