For the past few days as I
watched events unfold in Boston, my mind was a jumble of thoughts. I watched as innocent people
suffered at the hands of terrorists. I watched as Americans tried to
rally against those terrorist who would make us afraid to leave our
homes and to gather in mass to follow American traditions.
As time passed, I watched
the news and tried to to pick real facts out of a maze of distortions
cast by the media and the police, themselves. I cast no blame for
that misinformation because I know some was done by accident and some
for good intentions. I suspect it might be a long time before we have
all the true facts of the story, and it's for that reason I tread
lightly.
I spent my life trying to
understand the how and why of all things. In this search I have seen
a lot of rights and wrongs. I have come to the conclusion that the
greatest question we can ask is, what is right? There are many
perceptions of right and wrong, of moral and immoral. Sometimes the
path to enlightenment lies in the questions themselves. So let's ask
some questions.
Who is correct, the
political left or right? I think both sides are correct, but it's in
the solutions where the differences lie. Not long after the Occupy
Wall Street event, I spent all night talking to both organizers and
participants. I found them to be greatly divided on solutions, in
part, because we all think differently. Part of the reason for their
differences was that some of the organizers were out for power and
money, while participants were average citizens wanting a voice.
