Friday, August 30, 2013

On Global Conflict

Having given up cable television last year, I rarely watch the news but CNN happened to be closed captioned on the screen in front of the chest press at the YMCA yesterday.  In the two minutes that I sat there, this is what I gathered: Iran is acting badly and Obama made a threat.  The media was analyzing with fervor whether or not Obama would follow through on his threat.

I found this humorous.  What I saw was the alcoholic/codependent dynamic on a global scale.  I heard the words of my sponsor - Say what you mean.  Do what you say.  It's ironically simple.  I saw the media scuttling around in a dramatic buzz like ants with a disrupted mound, like family members dealing with an alcoholic crisis of chaos and I felt - amazingly sane.

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