I originally had no intentions of posting this on the monastery blog. I felt it really didn't cover subject matter folks here would be interested in. As time passed, however, I was admonished for my slight by friends and readers on Facebook. I have to admit; reading it over, it does deal with Christianity and faith as much as Memorial Day. It would seem most of my worldwide readership agrees as it rocketed, in just days, to my 4th highest read post of the 563 written to date. So, with this being said, and albeit late, here is my "A Note to the Offended" from Memorial Day:
Does posting a wedding photo, on Memorial Day, of a U.S. Marine's wedding, offend you? Well, get over it. This man is ready to fight and die for your right to be perpetually offended at every little thing that gets your panties in a bunch; I think you should cut him and his beautiful wife a little slack. What is it that everyone found offensive? Was it really about Memorial Day, or was that just an excuse, a catalyst? Was it their love? Was it that they're celebrating a Christian wedding? Was it that he was a Marine, or was it that they're beautiful, happy, employed, etc., and you're not? What was it about their happy moment that made people so selfish to feel this once in a lifetime moment needed to be destroyed? Could it be they found the happiness which seems to elude the offended?
To read the rest of the post, please follow this link to my blog, "The Path": A Note to the Offended