Fly on Eagle’s Wings
c. J. P. Mahon, 2013

After we watched the Blu Ray version of Les Miserables last night the words of one song keep coming to mind:

Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

Somehow I feel that many of us can be counted among the angry people. Government showdowns, plots by the rich and famous to get bigger tax cuts at the expense of the least among us, cuts to Social Security and Medicare instead of increasing taxes for those who can well afford to pay more, the growing income gap here and abroad, wars and rumors of wars for oil and hegemony, violence as the acceptable response to issues—the list could go on and on. Continue reading →