Trisha,
The poem below encapsulates my thoughts. I wrote after a young man
I knew shot two of my friends. One died and one lived. The young man will
be in amental institution for criminal for the rest of his life.
The Luck of the Draw
A good man is shot, a bad one lives
People ask, "What gives, what gives?"
Floods destroy precious memories, while some folks waste theirs.
People say, It's unfair, it's unfair!"
What is it that picks and choses,
Where one wins and one loses.
Where children die and killers go free
What will be, will be?
I've ponder hard the face of fate
The wonders of love, the destruction by hate
Why, oh why, I cry and contemplate
The reasons behind what we call fate.
Goodness is not a coin of this realm
Nor evil is naught to turn the helm
The reason appears to me in awe
So simple....the luck of the draw
The luck of the draw brought me this way
The luck of the draws knows my last day
The luck of the draw is fate, ahh, "Yes!"
The luck of the draw, no more, no less.
Bobby G. Greer
3/22/98
>Hi Bobby,
>
> I have to concur with you -at least partially -
>
>> If I thought a Higher Being pre-ordained my CP, someonelse' MD, etc. I
>> could not respect such a being. As Rabbi Kushner says in "Why Bad things H
>> appento Good People" God put is some degree of "slippage" in creation.
>That's
>> the "luck of the draw" and as I once said in a poem "Play the cards you
>are
>> dealtand don't whine". That's my own" raisson d'etre"
>
>
> I am awed by the whole creation of a being process. We can't
>replicate that. To create something as complex as a being and go thru each
>of the cell mutations flawlessly is mind boggling. I am not surprised that
>when created inside another being, subject to what that being does and is
>exposed to - that glitches occur. I do not view any of that - what other
>people call illness and disabling conditions as anything other than normal.
>You are asking something many times more complex than a engine to function
>flawlessly. If I thought a higher being had deliberately orchestraed Amber's
>CP or my abuse - I would loathe that being from the bottom of my heart and
>certainly could never respect it - surely a God would have better things to
>to than be a petty tyrant who maimes and tortures. Surely such a being must
>be the ulitmate Evil. From where I stand the Gods have given us all we need
>to live our lives and love and care for each other without requiring their
>constant intervention like a nurse maid. Hopefully they have better things
>on which to focus than my life. Its a endless Universe. How egotistical to
>think Gods have nothing better to do than think of me. Of course organized
>religions are not for the people who think only for people who must be told
>what to think and how to act. Its much easier to be told how to be than to
>accept responsibilty for one actions and have to think them out. The problem
>with life is the fact people are spoon fed what to believe thru religions
>and in our soctiey that includes Hollywood version of what life should.
>Mindless sheep!! True value systems encourage a person to thinks thing thru
>and come to conclusions based on their experiences and ability to question -
>blind obediance is required only by those whose ideas won't stand up in the
>light of scruteny.A true God is so far beyond human comphehension and Gods
>of humnas resemble the humans - strengths and weakeness - autocratic petty
>tyrants that require unthinking obediance. Modern religions are big
>usiness - and if they don't have followers they will bite the dust. They
>are no different than Chrysler, Ford,Cadillac or MicroSoft. Of course those
>all have their followers too. LOL
>
> Brightest Blessings
> Trisha - who has never managed to do the sheep thing
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