[stylist] Writing prompt- gratitude

[Eve Sanchez]

Mary-Jo, Thanks. I am glad you got a giggle from it. I hope the point was
clear. I have not written essays since college, but I always enjoyed them.
I also always got A's, but it may have been my professors wanting to get me
off their backs as they knew anything lower would cause me to do rewrite
after rewrite that I also expected to be read. haha  Well, I am really
unsure of proper form and am not sure if I nailed it, but either way; glad
you enjoyed. Eve

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Mary-Jo Lord <mjfingerprints at comcast.net>wrote:

> Hi Eve,
>
> I dared, and I love it.
>
> Mary-Jo
>
>
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>
> Hi all, I was very inspired to write this. I have it attached and will
> paste
> below. I must first give warning that it may be taken as offensive to some.
> I hope you dare to read, but if not; that is your choice to make as we all
> have freedom of choice. :) Thanks, Eve
>
> A certain person on my list of FB friends posted a link that I cannot now
> find preventing me from sharing. It was a message from the Presidency of
> the
> Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. As expected; they were
> gracious. They called for unity and support for the re-elected President of
> the United States of America. As expected; they asked that their followers
> and members pray for the President and country. These are politicians,
> whether they run for office or not, so they know how to play the game.
> There was nothing unexpected or surprising here. What was interesting were
> the comments that followed.
>
> There were some reiterating what the church presidency had said; they were
> gracious and level headed. There were some who were understandably upset
> after being defeated. There were some who maintain hope for the future and
> tried to relay this. And there were some who wanted the message posted that
> they did not believe their candidate was the second coming or anything of
> that sort, they just had hopes of a church leader leading the country.
> There were many, however, who did believe that he was more than a
> candidate.
> They believed that he was the Messiah and others that now believe the end
> is
> near as the great evil of our President is bringing the new dark ages to
> reality. The Tea Party has nothing on this group; with opinions and
> delusions that span the global map.
>
> I say that we did not miss out on the second coming. We will not suffer
> without a Bishop at the helm. We have been given a second chance at
> salvation with four more years to work on the mess left by that Texan with
> (as Hank Hill says,) ".a weak handshake." We have dodged the bullet that
>  this time was not shot by a Republican (Cheney), but was a Republican.
> And
> we must realize that it is more than political parties. It is more than
> religious zealots. It is more than the endangerment of our civil liberties.
> It is everything and all combined and more. If we wish to be led by a
> Bishop; we need to go to church, not become one.
>
> Our country was NOT built on Christian values alone. The Fore Fathers did
> not intend that this nation be one of morals and values of a particular
> church group. Our immigrants did not come to this land to convert to become
> drones, one and all alike. The United States of America has and always will
> stand for freedom, freedom of choice and freedom of religion. No one group
> can dictate to all others what those choices must be or what they should
> believe. With that; there is no freedom. Do we not have gratitude for what
> this country stands for? If we do, then we need to stop changing it in a
> manner that counteracts those beliefs. We need to honor and accept every
> person's right to freedom and not just those who believe as we do.
>
> I believe that to take away this freedom from any single person is a great
> evil. I believe that those who attempt to do this and who take on the crown
> of judgment are the evil ones. Did we not learn anything from the history
> of
> the witch trials? Did we not learn anything from the crusades? Did we not
> learn anything from the crucifixion, the holocaust, the slavery, or the
> stone throwers? Let freedom ring and rejoice. Stop the oppression from
> those
> who dare not drink coffee.  Show gratitude for what there is and who has
> given it. God blessed America.
>
>
>
> Rejoice, oh Holy Ones, for the gratitude of the world will never be
> manifested to its fullest, lest the Seer broadcast all that will not now
> come. Without that visionary telecast, though, we must be satisfied and
> grateful with the knowledge that the great evil was dodged, the country of
> the free will stay as such and the world is safe. For now.
>
>
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