A Reminder of Purpose

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When I thought about starting this blog in the midst of the geopolitical turmoil which I observed all around me, magnified by the outrageous actions of the US, I did not want it to be a constant stream of criticism and complaint.  I have long held that it does not take many brains to hang out a shingle that advertises: "Professional Critic". It is more constructive to be a problem solver

There will be constructive criticism, and occasional sarcasm where merited.  However, only mouthing criticism was not my sole purpose. I wanted to focus to be on possible solutions to the challenges we face within and without our great country.

A recent article in the Globe and Mail has stated how Canadians can deal with our collective anger sums it up very well:

 “… while it’s still early in our season of national outrage, students of anger’s history and science would call time out for a team huddle. Our next steps matter, and the definition of this perfect-for-the-moment, call-to-arms demands we take notice of the difference between anger that harms and anger that helps.

The first is reckless, the second is reasoned. As those who have fought – and still fight – for freedom and justice would warn, only one holds fast to values such as empathy and tolerance, only one, with deliberate attention, won’t sputter and flame out, only one is most likely to achieve the endgame."  Embrace the Outrage” Erin Anderson, The Globe and Mail, March 21, 25

The sport analogy is perfect. We have got their number, we will huddle and take a reasoned approach to change the score. Where necessary we will fight back with the appropriate amount of force, just to ensure that the US knows we mean business. Just like our response in game 1 with the US in the recent 4 nations tournament. The US troglodytes started it and we rose to the challenge - and at the end of the tournament when it counted, we won.


Elbows up.


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