(Day late and a dollar short … traveling does
that to you.)
Avoid this Like the Plague …
In the 1960s and ‘70s, we were idealistic in our rose-colored glasses with heart. Forty years later, there is
still hope and idealism, but it is encased in a superficial crust. We have
become …
INDURATE (inʹdōo rātʹ) vt. – 1) to make hard;
harden; 2) to make callous, unfeeling, or stubborn; 3) to cause to be firmly
established; vi. – to become
indurated; adj. – hardened. [WW #110]
We have become a society of indurated
people, who continue to indurate our offspring, perpetuating
intolerance, violence, and debauchery.
Cynical attitude? As much as I am a perpetual
optimist, I’m indurated in my own way—hardened against the people of the world
who find it necessary or pleasurable to prey on others.
As long as the majority rules with indurated,
heavy-handed insolence, atrocities will continue and we will proceed on a path
to self-destruction.
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| Ready for Mars? (NASA / JPL / USGS) |
Stephen Hawking is likely right—we should leave Earth within the next 100 years, to survive. Not just due to overpopulation
and destruction of Earth, but as the Roman Empire demonstrated, “Following the
death of Theodosius I, the last emperor to rule a united Roman Empire, the
dominion of the empire was gradually eroded by abuses of power, civil wars, barbarian migrations and invasions, military reforms and economic depression.” Sound familiar?
Our current actions reveal, if the attitudes
of leaders don’t transform to a STRONG regard for basic moral and political
right and wrong, without hobbling our individual rights, we will continue to
create debased, indurated societies.
Word Challenge: INDURATE. Consider how we might reverse our unfeeling, callous and
corrupt society, as you fit indurate into your week of hopeful
writings.
Write first for
yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle)
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