tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191538854384285700.post7860662914821923633..comments2013-08-30T18:17:26.495-04:00Comments on greg's blog: It's a Puzzlegreg heeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670616654349282009noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191538854384285700.post-83880797975303543862012-06-27T08:36:28.780-04:002012-06-27T08:36:28.780-04:00It's not harder to make a social statement - t...It's not harder to make a social statement - there's just fewer people listening.greg heeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670616654349282009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191538854384285700.post-20712519212428028032012-06-26T20:19:48.197-04:002012-06-26T20:19:48.197-04:00Well isn't Indiana a great place to sit, drink...Well isn't Indiana a great place to sit, drink some wine and reflect?<br /><br />I mean what else is there for a middle-aged male to do for entertainment?<br /><br />Wait! Check my pulse Heets, I'm not sure I'm really alive here!<br /><br />Actually I fear I'm just a projection from a distant star (like a movie from a drive-in theater) only trying to convince myself I'm really one among the "living" in the dusty gravel parking lot.<br /><br />Hey, I think my speaker's cutting out, where's that old guy with the flashlight?!<br /><br />From what I can see from my lofty position on this tattered screen, it seems it takes more to make a social statement than it used to.<br /><br />In a recent special feature, my elderly neighbor walks her little dog nightly down our dead-end 1-1/2 lane country road and this summer another young neighbor rides his 250cc off road cycle past her approx 55 MPH, face brazen just having fun, without a thought to her safety, her husband's need for his mate in his sunset years, her sweet little dog or even the worth of a young single mother's toddlers across the road who often venture out toward the mailbox with no concern for mortal danger.<br /><br />Why call the cops? Why try to intervene and make one's self and family a target for the inconvenience of hate crime?<br /><br />People and dogs must die and men on porches have little else to concern themselves with, right?<br /><br />If a mere projection can still make a difference to one of these little ones and maybe even keep them alive for one more day, then shouldn't it shine on this tattered old screen to tell the story of belief in one's own ability to make a difference in the lives of one or two others, which sometimes come at a great personal cost?<br /><br />Btw - I like the story about Pippy and his long stockings!<br /><br />SelahJosefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08486132280501790565noreply@blogger.com