Time to Think

Waking up this morning I was greeted to the  prospect of a good rain. There has been over a month since we had any amount of warm rain and the trees and grass show signs of stress. With no prospect of outside work Theresa and I shopped to fill up our freezer with necessities.We no longer completed our shopping when the wind came up and the rain poured down. Tornado warnings were posted for our area for several hours but after some thunder and lightening the sky cleared.

It is good to have days like this as I was able to watch some of the festivities honouring Martin Luther King. To hear that famous speech again brought back memories. Playing the tapes from the years he struggled made me think of how much has changed and yet so much remains unchanged. To experience the brutality employed against the marchers and the bombings brought back the reality of America fifty years ago. It was a time for thinking and seeing the needs of our first nations people in Canada still unfulfilled. Drinking water, health care and housing are but a few of the many needs our people need.

Watching U  Tube and hearing a child from British Columbia addressing an international conference on environment and world needs brought everything into focus. This conference being held in Brazil gave her the opportunity to speak of the hopes of the youth of the world., to leaders who could make a difference. Time to think why we as Canadians promise so much at the photo ops but fail to deliver a fair share on the ground. I was so proud to be able to identify with this child as she made point after point to a somber audience who were baffled by her eloquence.

On a happier note the day ended with a beautiful sunset and brought beauty and hope to an otherwise somber day. My family had a get together for my grand daughter on Sunday and we were not able to attend. Perhaps that is one reason I was in a pensive mood.