These two Stories have been on our collective radar for more than a week now. At different ends of the emotional spectrum, the lives of Ted Williams and Jared Loughner.
In less than a week, these two men have gone from unknown by few to known by all, but few. They have been discovered and uncovered. In less than a week, one went from zero to Time magazine, the other from living on the streets to overnight fame. Tonight, one is sitting in jail, the other in drug rehab.
The point is not why their lives changed overnight but the culture that we know find ourselves in. A culture where any of us, for many, many reasons - could find ourselves in a place, we never could have imagined. Both made choices that put them in the spotlight overnight and, they won't be the last.
No matter what your politics or religion, we each spend 24 hours a day in this world. There is no way to tell, what is coming at us next. All we can do is being aware of the Moments of our lives, each and every day. There will be no turning back of the cultural clock. God grant me the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can and the wisdom to know the difference Truer words have never been uttered...
