Balance of Life

As 2009 and the decade comes to a close I've found my thoughts to be of a brewing conflict between righteousness and realism. I want to be morally proper and socially sensitive but at each turn it appears that society has established it's acceptable level of each and anything less is reprehensible. Just ask Tiger Woods. The man has been condemned as a moral outcast for being unfaithful to his wife. Poor choice? Yes. Classless act? Yes. Critical behavior issue? No. Need for "rehab"? Hell No! Or Mike Leach, former coach of Texas Tech. being exiled for disciplining a spoiled brat who didn't want to work as hard as his teammates and then cries to daddy when he is told no. Mark my blog(HAHA!) this is not the last you will hear of Adam Jones, son of ESPN analyst Craig Jones! To those who enjoy the soap box they currently stand on, balance and flow always meet in the middle so beware the stones you cast!

Those who know me understand my feelings on religion but I found this passage to be quite fitting for the year 2009 and I leave you with this:

John 8

1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Happy New Year and let the next decade include personal responsibility as it's theme!