You are a Nazi soldier in Germany during World War II. There is a Nazi SS officer holding a pistol to your temple. You are holding a pistol to a Jew's temple. The SS officer tells you, point blank, that if you don't kill this innocent Hebrew-speaking woman then he will kill you dead, on the spot. So it goes.
The moment of Truth, ultimate reckoning. Fear. Hate. Pain. Confusion. Apathy. Sympathy. Empathy. Christianity. Atheism. Love. Life. Death.
Do you trust your God, or 'the deity of your choosing,' enough to save your soul after it's been blown out of your body by Hitler's guns? Do you survive to live another day and blow the Jew's soul away, yet sacrifice your own soul to Judgement? That is your dilemma. If you do not choose to respond; if you do not believe in anything then you are an empty, lost soul. Atheism is the ultimate American laziness. If you love Love then you are subject to ridicule, whether founded or not. Are you a good witch or a bad witch? Pay no mind to that man behind the curtain, or do pay mind to Him. It is up to you amigo, you're not in Vegas anymore. You have one shot to get it right. Put yourself in the soldier's combat boots. Kill or be killed. Yet keep in mind morality, mortality, and who you really want to be when you grow up, or die. So it goes.
Feel free to comment back and let me know, or don't, but remember honesty is the best policy. Although if you search, you shall find, this webspace is not one in which you shall find ridicule or judgement from the author. It is a Sociological survey. I love you. I hate you.
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I can't wait until the semester is over. I plan to do like last summer, start at A1A in Florida, fly back to Vegas, and drive to California and cruise the Pacific Coast Highway. Maybe we'll hit Colorado sometime inbetween.
I know Jah never let us down.
One thing though, I won't admit it openly but I sure would like to have shared this summer with my hero. He's gone now but I'm remembering him right now and everyone should know that I too have a hero. He was byfar the COOLEST person I have ever known, and I tend to surround myself with very cool people. I dream of Jeannie.
Listen to Jimmy Buffett. Listen to the Wailers. Follow Jah. Love Jesus. Live it up. Salud! Eat, drink, and be merry. And have a great summer. Catch me on MySpace at nimrod313.
