WHAT TO REMEMBER

WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IS INVISIBLE TO THE EYE. IMPORTANT TRUTHS ARE RARELY ON DISPLAY EITHER IN PRINT OR THE PICTURES OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS. CHRISTMAS IS COVERED AS A 'HOLIDAY.' THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY IS RELEGATED TO A BRIEF REPORT AND PICTURE ON PAGE 3. A LOW LIFE MURDERER ON DEATH ROW FOR 20 YEARS IS PROFILED OVER A PAGE AND A HALF OF USELESS RHETORIC. YET, HOPE FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE - ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY - LIES WITH DEDICATED MEN FROM THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY.

WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL, ESSENTIAL, BECAUSE WHAT'S OFTEN MADE VISIBLE IS THE UGLY. A DOCTOR IN FLORIDA THROWS HIS 2 CHILDREN TO THEIR DEATHS. TORTURE, MURDER AND CHILD MOLESTATION CHARACTERIZE THE CRIMES OF A MISSOURI COUPLE. THE LYING MURDERER FROM OHIO WHO KILLED A WOMAN IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM SERVING 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ANOTHER MURDER, IS GIVEN WASTED VERBIAGE BY TWO REPORTERS WHO HAD PORED OVER THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS IN HIS DEATH ROW CASE. COLUMNS UPON COLUMNS OF A PUBLICATION THAT I PAY FOR, ARE ALSO WASTED ON REPORTS OF THE HEDONISM OF URBAN SPRAWL, CITING THREE FACTS: THE SIZE OF THE AVERAGE NEW HOME IS TWICE WHAT IT WAS IN 1970 EVEN THOUGH HOUSEHOLDS HAVE DRAMATICALLY BEEN REDUCED IN NUMBERS. LAND IS CONSUMED AT TRIPLE THE RATE OF HOMES, A TREND THAT WILL DRIVE ENVIRONMENTALISTS MAD. AUTOMOBILE USE GROWS TWICE AS FAST AS THE POPULATION, MEANING PEOPLE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH ONE VEHICLE. OUR SOCIETY’S CULTURE FOSTERS CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION BY SPOILED (BUT BLESSED) AMERICANS.

BEHIND THE EYE'S FEAST OF ROT, HOWEVER, EXISTS BEAUTY IF ONE LOOKS FOR IT. THE BEAUTY OF A PATRIOTIC SOUL SACRIFICED DOING HIS DUTY FOR COUNTRY. THE BEAUTY OF BIRDS TWEETING INCESSANTLY, IF ONE CHOOSES TO HEAR THEM. THE BEAUTY OF GRASS GROWING AND GOING TO SEED, A TIME-TESTED PHENOMENA AS NATURAL AS MEN MOWING IT DOWN. THE BEAUTY OF SINGER, BEVERLY SILLS IN HER PRIME WARBLING "A KISS IN THE DARK." THE BEAUTY OF A MAN AND WOMAN ACTUALLY KNOWING HOW TO LOVE A CHILD. BEAUTY EXISTS IF WE SEEK IT EVEN THOUGH EXEMPLIFICATIONS OF REVOLTING UGLINESS OFTEN COVER THE SURFACE OF OUR LIVES.