Denying Reality - 2

Denying Reality - 2
We are at war.
We are at war!
We are at.......oh, sorry. Did I wake you? Did I say something you didn't want to hear? Am I upsetting you?
GOOD! It's about time we stop thinking about our petty little selves and begin to look outside our small circle at the larger world and what is really going on. Take your head out of .....the sand... and look up. Look at reality.
I was thinking about this while hearing about the recent shooting at Fort Hood, TX. While it is early in the investigation, what we are hearing so far is that there were lots of warnings from the man who eventually perpetuated this horrible act. Apparently there was a lot of talking that should have warned of what was coming.
How often we end up saying "if only we had paid attention to what was being said, or how the perpetrator was acting". But we are so used to closing ourselves off from reality, we are so used to lying, that we refuse to believe what is really happening. We want to live in our own little "happy place" where all is peaceful and cheerful and everyone gets along. We apparently think if we ignore the "bad stuff" then it won't happen. What a pitiful delusion.
We are told: "we are at war" with ____ (fill in the blank). But "just go on about your daily business, and pleasure. Act as if everything is fine and don't let the bad things upset you". Just go on as if everything is fine?
Do we think we are living in a cartoon?? Do we think there are no consequences for our actions? Is what is going on just "make believe"?
Of course I am not talking about the news today, or Ft. Hood. That is just the latest illustration of the reality of the war we are all in. A war we were born into. A war we are engaged in whether we want to be or not.
The reality is we are all part of the very real war between good and evil. We cannot opt out of this war. All we can do is choose which side we will be on. There is no one who can be neutral. There is no place we can hide from the battles constantly going on. We are actively engaged on one side or the other. Our choices, or lack thereof, are all part of the ongoing action.
We have been given the power of choice. We have been given the freedom to choose. Everyone chooses. We can actively choose. We can passively choose. If we do not make a choice, then we are automatically on the side we were born into. We are all given the opportunity to examine the evidence and make our choice. No one gets a pass.
We will see some of the evidence as we go along. We will make choices.
Daniel