Blessings: Paul K. Sloan, Age 26

------Paul K. Sloan------

Imagine a man from Brown

An ex-footballer - offensive lineman.

A big fan of the San Francisco Giants.

Someone who loved the Beatles.

Someone who specialized in the financial services

Services that made the World Trade Center,

and the New York City Financial community hum.

Someone described as sweet, a big man -

Large hearted, large bodied, broad minded.

A family man, linked strongly to his siblings,

caring about their careers and lives.

A Novato California man,

transplanted to the big city,

where he was doing new things,

succeeding in new ways,

making a difference.

A life full of promise,

full of energy,

full of caring.

Paul has moved on to a new job now,

one even more service oriented,

even more about helping people,

even more about guidance.

He is still with us,

still helping,

still watching

still caring.

It may be that the people who stole him from us

really shared him with us all.

Wisdom 3:

But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,

and no torment will ever touch them.

In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died,

and their departure was thought to be a disaster,

and their going from us to be their destruction;

but they are at peace.

For though in the sight of others they were punished,

their hope is full of immortality.

Having been disciplined a little,

they will receive great good,

because God tested them and found them worthy of himself;

like gold in the furnace he tried them,

and like a sacrificial burnt-offering he accepted them.

In the time of their visitation they will shine forth,

and will run like sparks through the stubble.

They will govern nations and rule over peoples,

and the Lord will reign over them for ever.

Those who trust in him will understand truth,

and the faithful will abide with him in love,

because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones,

and he watches over his elect.

Peace to you Paul;

watch over us...

and pray for peace, honor and bravery for the rest of us.

-TWS

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So You Think You Can Tell?

Today is a beautiful day. Cool and nice. Clear skies. And then Pink Floyd came on the radio:

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

I remember that morning in the city like it was yesterday.
No, I don't think I can tell anymore.
But I do pretty good in hindsight.

And I hope today won't turn out like that day when people fell from the sky rather than burn. When our firefighters and police had to learn firsthand the cost of freedom. When innocents on planes were turned into weapons, and where one planeful of them taught us the meaning of bravery. I think that the odds of something like this happening again now are much less than they might be, mostly thanks to our president, a president who didn't waffle or equivocate in a time which called for action.

But I think we are faced with more challenges than most understand today. We need to live up to our potential, remember who we are, remember what we are called to do. We are still fighting a war, and have enemies abroad, and also here at home in the US, many of them ensconced, wormtongue-like, in our own government. I think that we need to realize why most countries, the US included, have laws against treason.


I also think that we need to realize as a country that there are good reasons for enforcing border security. Crime, Drug Smuggling, increased Medical and Welfare costs, and Terrorism being only a few.








I also think that Blue America still needs to realize, that Freedom is not Free. Eventually, as Merry and Pippin noted in The Two Towers, the war will even reach to Hobbiton.


Wait.... It already has.




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