We salute visionaries of yesteryear.
We shake our heads in amazement as we imagine the herculean courage it took to stand so confidently when the majority frowned so sternly.
Looking back, we laud those who refused to take "no" for an answer.
We quote them with gusto....
We even name our children / dogs after them.
Yesterday's progress earns today's monuments of stone....
But today? What do we do with such creatures today?
We brand them as irritating malcontents, reckless idealists who simply won't sit down and be quiet.
Today's progressive dreamers are seen as wild-eyed extremists. Since they hate the status quo mold, most of them have a tough time going along with the system. They, in fact, loathe the system. But what they lack in diplomacy they make up for in persistence. Cooperative they're not. Resilient they are. Give most of them a couple hundred years and they'll be admired, lauded, and knighted. But at the present moment, they just seem nuts........
Consideration.........
Are you an eagle-type, soaring high beyond your peers?
Do you find yourself bored with the maintenance of the machinery . . . yawning through the review of the rules . . . restless to cut a new swath . . . excited rather than intimidated by the risks?
If so, don't expect pats on the back or great waves of applause.
Chances are you may even lose a few jobs, fail a few courses, ruffle tons of feathers, and be the subject of the town gossip.
Mavericks who don't color within the lines are also notorious for not staying within the fences.
And that makes most other people terribly uncomfortable.
But take heart!
You're in good company...
I am also one of these rare, though innovative creatures !
Today's alleged heretic may well be tomorrow's hero's........
.....because I base & submit myself SOLELY in Total Confidence on the contents & implications of the following.... : Psalm 103 - Praise for the LORD'S Mercies.
1Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His holy name.2Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And forget none of His benefits;
3Who pardons all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases;
4Who redeems your life from the pit,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
5Who satisfies your years with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
6The LORD performs righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are oppressed.
7He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the sons of Israel.
8The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in loving-kindness.
9He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His loving-kindness toward those who fear Him.
12As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
14For He Himself knows our frame;
He is mindful that we are but dust.
15As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its place acknowledges it no longer.
17But the loving-kindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children's children,
18To those who keep His covenant
And remember His precepts to do them.
19The LORD has established His throne in the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all.
20Bless the LORD, you His angels,
Mighty in strength, who perform His word,
Obeying the voice of His word!
21Bless the LORD, all you His hosts,
You who serve Him, doing His will.
22Bless the LORD, all you works of His,
In all places of His dominion;
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
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