Disappointments

If disappointments can be kept minimal, then life can stride forward in a positive mode. I am disappointed that we will have snow for many of the remaining days this week. Spring is supposed to be here and I'm, frankly, really tired of snow. But, it probably will look lovely, and it won't hang around for long at this time of the year. Oh, wait. I was supposed to be disappointed - to place a negative spin on things. But I find myself unable to do that. Maybe snow isn't such a bad thing :-)

One thing that I saw this morning chilled me, though. And it made me grateful (again) that I have the priviledge of living in the United States (or another "civilized" nation). OK, that may strike some people as being disparaging. But when I saw video of the Taliban enclaves in Pakistan and their whipping people in public for being addicted to drugs - an illness, not a crime.... My stomach turned over and I, once again, determined in my inner soul that leaving with nothing or dying would be preferable to living without freedom to express myself. So, those of you who read my blog and who live in a part of the world where you have that freedom of personal expression - take up your brush, your file, your clay. Create something that expresses that freedom and the determination that you will not live your life under the dictatorship of any misguided overlord. Rebellion and death in a cause of freedom is a war that can be fought on the canvas as well as in the streets. Just be cautious if you live in an area where such expression of rebellion could cause injury or death. Be cautious...