Bob Dylan
Going with the spirit today I discovered some good news. I found a used appliance dealer on the north side of town who can offer the people we make home visits a better deal in purchasing with a partial voucher and stove or refrigerator. By chance I called a store the other day and happened to talk to the owner. Today, by chance, I stopped by the other store he owns and was able to talk to the owner. I felt so blessed to have made this discovery.
When I was driving around on my errands today I heard the military was hiring some 1600 personnel to deal with the growing issues of mental illnesses with veterans. The numbers are staggering of the suicides each week and the persons return from the wars with serious cases of military training. I am glad the military is dealing with the issue but am sad, while dealing with the symptoms; they are ignoring the causes of this rash of serious illnesses. While the military teaches Army values over religious or other personal values and while the military teaches men and woman how to fire their weapons reflexively, killing without conscience there will be more incidents of returning veterans with illnesses as well as incidents of soldiers doing shameful deals with residents of the country they are fighting. When the President of the United States, the Commander in Chief, orders more Killer Drone, unmanned aircraft, attacks, killing many civilians, with impunity what do you except of soldiers?
I am reminded of two of my favorite songs, Blowin’ in the Wind” by Bob Dylan and “Where have all the flowers gone” by Pete Seeger. One gong with the spirit of the good news is “Blowin’ in the Wind” and especially the line “The Answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind, the answer is blowin’ in the wind.” The other one going with not looking at the causes is “Where have all the flowers gone” and the line: “ When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?”
The wind and rain today prevented me from working in the garden but from my experience with finding a new vendor for appliances I felt like “the answer, my friend is ‘blowin’ in the wind.” From my hearing about the attempts to solve the mental health ills of the military I asked: “When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?”
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