Two weeks ago a family in our neighborhood was embraced in the arms of extraordinary compassion from people in the DeForest community and across the country. An adult family member was missing. She vanished in the night without a trace. Family, friends, neighbors, concerned people everywhere asked for help, and prayed for one thing--the safe return of Francine. Qualifications were not attached to any of the pleas and prayers of good people.
The good people were not on the job in the DeForest Times-Tribune editorial room. A poisonous editorial opinion in the form of a drawing appeared in the August 2, 2007 edition on the Opinions Page. I'm not going to repeat the message of the drawing. But I wonder, did someone decide a resolution to the mystery was worth the effort of all who searched and cared only if foul play was involved? That can't be the prevailing attitude. We get heaps and heaps of what we sew. Compassion can't be reserved for tragic endings.
Is there some resentment? A man told me in my lowest moment: Resentment is like taking poison and hoping the other person dies. Profound and proven.
Appropriately,-----a few lines from:
Good People by Jack Johnson
You win
It's your show, now
so what's it gunna be
cause people
will tune in
how many train wrecks do we need to see?
before we lose touch of
we thought this was low
It's bad gettin worse so
Where'd all the good people go
I've been changin channels
I don't se them on the tv shows
Whered all the good people go
We got heaps and heaps of what we sew
Friday, August 03, 2007
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