Wisdoms from the Journey - Vol IX (Oct 14 thru Aug 16)

Celebrating Columbus Day
(10/13/2014)
Here's an idea: Why don't we celebrate Columbus Day in a way that actively
DISHONORS the unjust events that founded it? Instead of ―discovering‖ things
that were already there or taking things that don't belong to us, how about we go
forth to day and give and Give and GIVE to all those we see in need?
Let's give our wealth to those poor &/or homeless …
Let's Give our time to those stressed &/or lonely …
Let's GIVE our Kindness to those depressed &/or downtrodden.
Let's show followers of Columbus what should have happened back in the
day, and let's show our current ―leaders‖ what should be happening today.
Amen … let it be so.
―Though an accomplished enough mariner, Columbus was not terribly good at a
great deal else, especially geography, the skill that would seem most vital in an explorer.
It would be hard to name any figure in history who has achieved more lasting fame with
less competence. He spent large parts of eight years bouncing around Caribbean islands
and coastal South America convinced that he was in the heart of the Orient and that
Japan and China were at the edge of every sunset. He never worked out that Cuba is an
island and never once set foot on, or even suspected the existence of, the landmass to the
north that everyone thinks he discovered: the United States.‖ ~ Bill Bryson
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