Today

Before today, which it has now turned into today, my daughter said to me, "mom, are we going to have another holocaust?" That began a whole new conversation, with Daniel in the car with us. Daniel attends church. He is constantly sticking up for McCain, with me doing the opposite. Beth jumps in and breaks it up. A little while ago, I was speaking with my friend who is, well, he is many things, but this day, he was a musician. I asked him when I could hear him sing/play. He told me when he finished his new album, then he would begin "doing shows". I was so happy to hear that he began a new album. When he told me the lyrics, a few lines from the chorus of one of his new songs, I was amazed. It was very sad/dark. I wondered what was going in with him. I inquired to his stress, which, happily, no, he had no stress. The concept I arrived from his "chorus" was a young boy, seeing "his world" around him, the outside world, and wondering why all the parents were not "doing anything", just going to church and praying. This brought up the subject of the holocaust and my imagination going "back" to my daughter's question. My friend and I have spent many conversations regarding spirituality, he attends church. I was utterly amazed when he said to me, regarding the holocaust. Why didn't "the people" do anything to help? Which brings me that "ahh". What happens when one person has too much power? Mind boggling how 1 person can have so much power over another? Is it fear? Or, is it control? Or, perhaps, both.