By deeanndmathews on Skatehive
It is a surreal thing to hear or read, in real time, how community leaders in two different spheres of life are speaking or writing the eventual demise of what they are doing. When you know, because you have made it your business to know deep matters in history, finance, and Christian spirituality, that there ain't no way ... and folks go right on because they don't get it and you can't even get it across to them... But, having been given that open, advance knowledge, I had occasion to feel all my feelings, separate them from confusing them with attachment to the outcomes, and say aloud: "This makes me extraordinarily sad ... it is a tragedy in the making and I know it ... but it is not going to be my tragedy." That reminded me of this utterly lovely lamentation by Sergei Bortkiewicz ... in a major key, full of love and brilliance ... all the joy there is and was, while recognizing that even good things must come to an end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAMsKzCddHU So, I acted ... so