reverie

This week has been draining for me, as often happens when things don't go how you hoped/planned/imagined/expected.  I was met with sleeplessness, topsy turvy emotions, and most of all questions.  How?  Why?  What now?  Ultimately these questions are about seeking what is true and what is right, which has left me also pondering lies. What lies are you willing to buy?  Of course my initial reaction is that I don't intend or want to buy any lies.  The more thought I've put into it though, the more I realize that I am willing to accept a lot of things that I know to be wrong.  And really isn't accepting what you know to be wrong or untrue the same as buying into the lies?  When we decide to acquiesce, we've given up fighting for truth.  We've given up taking a stand for what is right. What's more, by accepting lies we may be inadvertently telling others that it's okay to buy into the lie as well. What happens to the world when we discard the truth for li

For many people the election ends today and they will go back to their normal lives and a "normal" amount of politics, which seems to be little or none for most.  But for a political nerd, this is just our biggest holiday.  Imagine if Christmas came once every 4 years.  In between there are smaller holidays, other elections, but this is the big one. The thing is, after today the election isn't over for us.  Whoever wins, we still work, we still fight, we still pray.  Winning an election is only part of it for us, even if our preferred candidate comes out on top.  The most important work happens next--keeping candidates, especially the ones who earned our votes, accountable. After today we stay immersed in political news everyday.  We listen to talk radio, we read as much as we can possibly get our hands on, we catch the highlights on Twitter, and we know what the MSM isn't reporting. For political nerds, today is a highlight (hopefully), but nothing really