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  • April 25, 2018

Let It Be

September 25, 2017 By fredrichlariccia Leave a Comment

During these difficult times, I find myself more and more turning to my spiritual ancestors, champions and friends in a nihilistic world filled with chaos and division.  My favorite pop musical influence growing up, the Beatles, wrote : ” When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me preaching words of wisdom : Let it be.”

On our current political landscape, my favorite humorist, Mark Twain, weighs in : ” The true patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is loyalty to the NATION all the time, loyalty to the government when it deserves it.”

Channeling George Orwell on Trump : ” He was a fattish but active man of paralyzing stupidity, a mass of imbecile enthusiasms — one of those completely unquestioning, devoted drudges on whom, more even than on the thought police, the stability of the Party depended.”

From my best friend, Terry McGinty, a devout Catholic, on : The Cultural Meaning of Kneeling.  ” Kneeling is our most respectful gesture.  At a Catholic Mass, people don’t put their hand over their heart, they kneel.  This is the case in many religious traditions.  It is a clear sign of respect.”

As a humanist, I draw strength and inspiration from them all.

 

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