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Seismic Groundswell

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The government shutdown might be a mere calm before the buried storm…a seismograph we need to heed as it quietly begins to move. Change has begun. Some are paying attention. Others are enjoining sophomoric schoolyard battles. (Painting by Yoko Shimizu)

Thursday, January 17, 2019


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Seismic Groundswell

 

Can dawn be realized
beneath a sunless sky?

 

Can experience bequeath wisdom
if critical thinking remains restrained?

 

Can the nature of man be felt
when conscience remains unconscious?

 

Can fearful forecasts born of weathered habits

trust that relief from inclement conditions

will break through the darkness

if the winds of change are ignored and denied?

 

Lest we forget the nature of emotions,

much of today’s tumult may just be

a foreshadowing of tempestuous tomorrows.

 



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Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on January 18, 2019
Maybe you are correct, Odin, that there will be hell to pay for the non-attention we are living in these stormy days.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 18, 2019
I remain optimistic. But the recent backtracking by much of our supposedly, free and progressive society is putting a damper on true progress and may put us in for a very rocky century ahead. Hopefully they will be merely bumps in the road and not chasms we cannot cross.

Ron

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on January 18, 2019
A storm is coming, yes. But it's not buried. It's coming from above. It's progressively getting worse. Leaders seem sightless. And the blinder they are, the more stubborn, self-centered, arrogant, and violent, they become. There is an influential man who is destined to make an appearance shortly on the world stage. His first major act will be confirming a peace covenant with Israel. When the last signature is scrawled, the official first day of Daniel's 70th Week will begin. Then, there is no amount of money, intellect, or creativity, that will stay the hand of the tribulation that is going to descend on this planet. I always enjoy your abbreviated prophetic glimpses, Odinsan. Peace... rlc

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on January 18, 2019
I think you are right on this one for sure!

Reviewed by John Domino
Reviewed on January 17, 2019
Diplomacy on BOTH sides SUCK. Like little school children fighting over candy. Only the stakes are HIGH with the life of our country on the line. How do these IDIOTS represent the rest of us? Even in the college I work we have person who solves disputes among students in good time.
WE THE PEOPLE should demand a resolution in 10 days or these so called reps. do not get paid! That would FORCE a resolution. PERIOD!


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