What sort of future is coming up from behind I don't really know. But the past, spread out ahead, dominates everything in sight.

There's only one thing to do in crisis like this - SLEEP ON IT!Garfield, the cat.

Sometimes not seeing things can be a blessing.

There is a fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom, which is founded in love. There is also a slavish fear, which is a mere dread of evil, and is purely selfish.

There's certainly nothing original about the observation that conscious experience poses a hard problem.

What if history was changed? slavery reversed Would black ladies see white boys and clinch they purse?

So my idea of neurotic is spending too much time trying to correct a wrong. When I feel that I'm doing that, then I snap out of it.

We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.

You can see the walls roar See your brains on the floor Become God Become cripple Become funky

The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history.

If you have extremes of haves and have-nots where the gap keeps growing, the have-nots group together and create social disorder, as they can't see a way out of their situation.