I did not watch the predictable Golden State loss at Minnesota last night. I figured without Steph…the Warriors would struggle and apparently that’s exactly what happened according to nba.com.
Instead… I did some reading, followed the breaking news of the first Amercian pope, and almost watched the movie The Conclave….which I’ll watch today instead. It’s been on my must watch list for some time…so I figure what better day than today.
An American pope from Chicago who evidently feels pretty much the same way I do about Trump, Vance, and the other MAGA ‘humans’.
I’m not Catholic, but during my cancer journey at Integris I’ve become friends with a Father Ron and it’s been a nice thing for me to have somewhere there in the Infusion Center of whom I can honestly talk about the things of a spiritual nature.
The God thing in Oklahoma never ends to puzzle me. This is a place which claims and somewhat brags about being one of the most faith-based places in the country, yet from my view it at times seems to be one of the most hateful and intolerant places in America.
Such an overwhelming number of people who simply cannot allow the doctrine of ‘Live and let others live,” or the Golden Rule or the Beatitudes. Why is there all this anger in Oklahoma towards others who might be different than them.
Is that what God and Jesus are all about? Out of over 8 billion humans on this earth…God only ranks at the top white male Americans with a cretain level of net worth? That’s makes no sense whatsoever.
I don’t think that’s what God or Jesus intended.
I’ll close with what’s been a genuine anchor for me during my cancer journey. Words I could and will continue to lean against.
‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy
Blessed are those kind of heart, for they shall see the light of God
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall become the sons of God
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for their rightousness,
for there’s will be the Kingdom of Heaven forever.”
Be kinder, Oklahoma. You can do it.
Mike J