This weekend.....I found myself regretting a few things that I had said.
First..... The generation gap regret. I had an older woman this weekend ask me...”Did you watch the dedication of the WWII Memorial?” Now....I did watch some of it....and I kept flipping back and forth with the television control Friday...waiting. I was waiting for it to get interesting.....
I thought the dedication was very boring.... As hard as I tried...all I heard every speaker say was,”Blah, Blah, Blah”. I could not stay focused on any one speech. The only person I recognized was George Bush and all I noted was how worn he looked.
One of the things I decided....was...when we speak publicly...what good is it to share your gems if you are just going to bury them in horse manure. Why turn a great 8 minute speech with a few great thoughts.....into a 25-30 minute precursor to hell that lost everyone after 10 minutes.
So....I reply to this nice sweet ol' woman...”I thought it was boring.” I might as well have hung and hammer and sickle around my neck. Because this sweet nice lady countered a little coldly...“I guess you had to live during that time to understand and appreciate what happened.”
So...having had my response...and the cold response to my response. Sunday morning proceeded with some great worship...followed by a Memorial song highlighting pictures and film clips of GI's in different wars. After that presentation....and being reminded of the sacrifices made I was feeling quite bad about my response to the War Memorial dedication. I kind of wished I enjoyed it... I kind of wished I could have had a positive response. I kind of wished I could crawl into a hole. That was a great era full of some great people fighting for a great cause.
All they need is better speech writers.