Planting “good seeds” produces healthy food and plants. Likewise, legislating “good laws” and passing bills beneficial to society has the potential to eventually produce productive outcomes. Reaping what we sow creates a good or bad result in everything we do or say. Currently, we continue to struggle about what seeds to plant to create a prosperous world for all human beings. Yes, we have a long way to go.
In a Dec. 1 commentary (“DAFB chaplain proud to serve as a superhero”) by Dover Air Force Base Chaplain Capt. Levi Welton, he defined a superhero as a person who was proud to serve a “mission connecting with all kinds of people, … pledging rhetoric to never leave an airman behind, to never falter and to not fail.” Military training has always taught its recruits from day one to “accomplish the mission and take care of your people.” It often can take years to learn how to plant these good seeds in our psyches to fulfill our potential.
In a Nov. 18 opinion by Mr. Richard Schwager, regarding the new civility initiative the Delaware State News editor introduced, I shared the writer’s disappointment in respondents who make statements that are not true. Indeed, the false seeds they are spreading have resulted in our elected leaders too often spreading these falsities to energize their supporters. Likewise, major news programs and online sites continually publish these lies and misstatements.
In conclusion, I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Schwager that it is difficult to find the “common good.” Bad seeds (false propaganda) continue to produce gridlock in Washington. If our politicians were not so hellbent on preserving their own status by accepting campaign contributions from millionaire and billionaire donors and wealthy corporate sponsors, we could be enabled to start growing good seeds on God’s little acre to benefit every American in our society. We would be the envy of the world, who just may be inclined to begin emulating our good example.
Yes, we still have a long way to go. Hope springs eternal, and the arc of the universe continues to bend toward justice, just as our infrastructure and Build Back Better bills are.
Bill Clemens
Magnolia
