We get out of bed and put on our public faces and literally walk to the edge of the cliff…never knowing if the edge will crumble under our feet. Each and every moment of each and every day has the potential to be our last….and yet, we ‘boldly go’. Why? How?

Perhaps it’s because no matter what any ‘authority’ (churches, governments, etc) says to the contrary, and no matter how they try to scare and intimidate us, we all have the ‘remembered’ knowledge that this is all an illusion, and nothing can ever truly harm our ‘greater selves’. If this current life ends, it’s only a new beginning.

I say hats off to ALL of us for choosing to brave our current ‘reality’ every day, for in the experiences that we have there are lessons for all concerned. For those who manage to add working for a cause, or standing up for their beliefs to their trip this time around, I say “You humble me with your strength.” I’m with you, Lisa. When it comes time for my own personal ‘gut check’….I pray for the strength to be courageous and not choose the ‘easy’ way out.

Btw, I happen to think that John MacClane (who IS real, in MY head…) is about the sexiest man EVER. Not just because he’s brave and smart and very,very MacGyver, but because he looks at life and says “bring it” with that marvelous smirk on his face. Give me an ‘up-yours’ attitude and a wicked sense of humor and I’m lost, every time!

Although John and Indy are fictional, they’re symbolic of the kind of heroism that affects me, too–also, btw, the kind of heroism McCain the candidate seems to have shown in Vietnam when he was a POW. I can admire that about him, even though I don’t support his bid. And before someone jumps up to shout that Barack Obame has never showed that kind of heroism…stop to think what he, as a black man, has been through every day of his life. I can only imagine the kind of pressure the world applied, and yet he overcame and excelled. A different kind of heroism, perhaps, but just as deep.