Curses! Foiled again, Elmer!

You must be an old Brooklyn Dodger fan.

I'm still reflecting on what donuel wrote. The thread woven through all of his writing is that he maintained his love of this country, despite all the dissapointments and even betrayals he's gone through. I've been sharing some thoughts about my Father recently, and they've helped me to crystalize how love embraces it all, or it isn't truly love. I't sentimentality. Reminds me of some old sayings (if I can remember them accurately.) It also relates to another thread about telling the truth.

"Love without honesty is sentimentality
Honesty without love is cruelty"

When someone says, "I'm telling you for your own good," make a bee-line for the nearest door. Even a window will do. You know a compliment isn't coming. Probably not truth, either.

Jerry