It's a Good Story

Dean is downstairs watching the World Cup final.

May my McKay family forgive me, I am upstairs doing work on the computer. And some play - I check into FaceBook.

The World Cup sound is reasonably quiet for a World Cup. I am scrolling through FB when I come upon a video of a new born giraffe struggling to stand up for the first time.

Just as the baby starts to stand, the cheers from the World Cup become louder. The harder the baby tries and falls down and gets up and tumbles over, the louder and louder the cheers.

Finally, he makes it, stands up, and actually begins to prance a little bit. The World Cup fans went crazy!!

Now I know, someone must have scored a goal and the timing for the baby giraffe was Perfect! We all need cheering once in a while.

Light in the Dark

You know I read a lot of mystery stories. As light and airy what Amazon calls "cozy mysteries" are, there are also some Very good writers who deal with life and death and philosophical ideas. I know this and I am still surprised when I run across some of these ideas while just sitting on my deck, reading what I consider a good mystery. These thoughts seemed particularly appropriate to the state of the world today.

from Danger Calling by Patricia Wentworth

“ . . . there is nothing so disturbing as ideas. . . . You cannot, however, burn an idea at the stake nor can you immure it in a tomb — it continues to seek for expression. Each new expression rouses the old antagonism. . . . everyone does not wish for light in his house, Darkness suits dark things. Light is being focussed upon some of these dark things.”

Many of us thought that the Light had already come and wiped out darkness. Darkness rose up again though, struggling to survive. It shall not. And when the Light comes the dark shall fade away.