This has been one of those ‘Easy Like Sunday Morning’ Sundays. The weather is not too hot or cold, and the living is easy. Life seems to have a laconic pace that requires little effort. Jonathon and I put our new Dyson Vacuum together. It was easy which is highly unusual. Domino’s Pizza was on sale, and we said two for us.

I had an opportunity to see friends from my work days yesterday. They are getting younger and I am getting older. They greeted me with such enthusiasm and smiles that it brought a tear to my eye. I remember how I worried night and day that we could keep my little department viable to ward off the contracting of services. I felt that it was my mission to protect each one of my colleagues.

There is peace in not concerning myself regarding what people think of me. My friend Jo Ann told me that she always knew that I would never do anything that I did not believe in. I could be called The Contrarian. My life has often been on the outside of the circle looking in. This has transpired when I perceive that there is a fundamental difference in which fork in the road to take.

I am dismayed at leaders who seem to have misplaced their backbone. How do they live without a backbone?

We get just a few days on our earth. We tear down barns and build bigger ones. We take the Bible and fit the scriptures to support our parochial beliefs. As religion declines in our nation we lift up the god of politics and all that it can afford for our team.

The Slow Train affords time for introspection. Think about who you are and why you feel the way that you do. Uniqueness is not a flaw or a fault. The courage to stand for what you believe is a virtue.