Matthew Lyle Landsman

I’ve been watching the news here and there. Reflecting.

Dylan said, “…the times they are changing…” A great song. But true colors and grumblings tell me that times aren’t really changing people. They are just becoming more polarized and bent on causes that hardly matter. Extreme examples of things are being tossed about and back and forth with more vigor and less tact and sense than before I think.
If one man would be more likely to wield a hammer to build a bridge, a device of shade, or a bucket to hold water…And another would take hammer in hand to strike those using that bridge, or seeking that shade, or to tear apart the bucket to spill the life giving water. Then I suppose I wouldn’t take the hammer away from both. I wouldn’t deem the hammer a bad thing. Nor would I ban bridges, or shade, or water. But I would perhaps take the hammer away from the destructive soul, and give him shade and water. And should he still be bent on making life difficult for others, I would take that hammer and use it as a gavel in one hand, and to build a cell in the other. And I would give that man in the cell a view of the bridge, the cool water, and the contented souls who do good with that very hammer…It is that simple. MLL