Dog On A Root

 

- jim Young “Gosh, oh gee, how happy I'd be…” Donald Yetter Gardner At the beginning of this month I made a decision to avoid making or entering into any political or overly controversial discussions until after Christmas. For the most part, with a few exceptions, I think I have achieved that goal. And I gotta tell ya - the change of pace has been kinda nice. But tonight, on Christmas Eve, I want to share some thoughts that, although they are not intended to be political or controversial in nature, they will almost certainly have some political and controversial overtones. To begin with, you should understand that I am not a Christian. Nor am I a religious man. But I am very Spiritual. I could go into more detail on that, but it would take too much time and it really doesn’t matter. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” I remember my father telling me that the “Golden Rule” was pretty much the sum of the entire Christian bible and I think he was right. In fact, almo...