Today, I realized that I have reached a point of exhaustion. I am physcially exhausted from a combination of working forty hours a week, at nights, at a physically demanding job; the demands of being a parent and spouse; and the desire to always put up my best at this blog. The past week has provided interesting and frusrating times, from Sen. Craig's prosecution for public lewdness and consequent resignation to the revelations yesterday that the Bush Administration was providing disinformation on visiting Democratic lawmakers in Iraq. In between, I have had on-going disputes with readers who continue to deny reality, as well as having to witness the defensive reactions of Democrats who have managed to acquiesce to the least popular President in history, out of fear not so much of him, but of press reactions to a possibility that never came to pass. Rather than being proactive, using the support of the American people to change the way things are done, the Democrats show the world they are a bunch of losers, equally unworthy, like the Republicans before them, of the trust placed in them by the American people.
I'm bushed. Wiped out. On a day off I managed to sleep for five hours today. The combination of intellectual, physical, emotional, and psychological exhaustion have left me empty inside, and I do believe that, as with my time last June, I need a break. I shall not be blogging this next week, returning next Sunday (the day after my upcoming trip to see Rush on the south side of Chicago) in the hope of being refreshed, renewed, and restored. My hope is to keep away from the computer as much as possible, staying away especially from anything that smacks of right-wing demoagogy and fundamentalist nonsense.
For now, then, have a good long weekend, a good week, and when all is said and done, I hope to be in a better mood, better frame of mind, and better able to continue this blog. Take care, and God Bless.
5 comments:
Take care of yerself, dude.
You deserve a rest. I have no idea how you manage this schedule even without the exhausting verbal jousts with the literalists.
When you get back rested and refreshed, here's just the thing to put you back into the funk that produces some of your best work.
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,
1 Peter 3:15
As I have been reading and commenting on this site I have come to realize that there are 3 things missing from what I have read. 1. a reason for hope 2. gentleness, 3. respect. I most of all have been guilty of this, and for that I apologize. I deeply disagree with much of what you have written, but I have been most ungenerous in my replies.
1) My hope ,ies not in anything we do, or have, but in the love and grace of God. Right now, however, as we survey the current political and social scene, I see little reason for optimism in the immediate future. I always, however, hope.
2) Gentleness? I have neither the time nor inclination on this blog to deal gently with those who impugn my character, my faith, or my reasoning skills. I am the gentlest of souls - ask my kids or my wife - but this is a rather rough and tumble world and I refuse to back down. On the other hand, I do think that some measure of grace should enter in; I shall be putting forward, shortly, how I consider dealing with all this in the future.
3) There are those I respect a great deal. There are those for whom I have little respect because they are flagrant in their abuse, profligate in their diminution of others, and confusing in their attempts to make any sense whatsoever. I tire easily when attempting to make a point, and have to keep repeating it to those who, either for reasons of stupidity or ideological denseness refuse to understand it. Again, I shall pointing a way forward shortly, but for the moment let me say this, as a general comment:
This is my blog, and I run things here my way. If you don't like it - there are about half a billion others out there. I make no pretensions to either perfection or even amiability; I am only doing what I do the best way I know how, and if that doesn't meet some standard of what a person who claims the Christian faith should behave, you are more than free to to leave. I'm sorry to be so blunt, but I refuse to be lectured any more by those who presume to know better how I should live my life, and conduct my affairs, than I do.
Geoff,
Thanks for your considerate and loving response. I'm sorry that you didn't actually read my post. If you had you would have understood that I was apologizing for my conduct. I could care less how you conduct your affairs, if you see no use for gentleness, respect, and hope, then nothing anyone could say will make a difference.
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