The start of a very pleasant morning is in the books. Waking up earlier than is required can be an excellent way to get your morning off on the right foot as it can, by function of being awake, allow more work and effort to be put into the day. Somehow it doesn’t feel natural to wake early and then sit in bed and watch tv. Could be wrong here, but not sure how.
Anyway, after waking and throwing some clothes on I went for a run. Nothing huge, just under 3 miles in the oppressive humidity of central Georgia. Muggy has been redefined. Not terribly comfortable to walk to the store in, but for running…amazing.
I decided to run across the Savanah river and noticed something you just don’t see in the Rocky Mountain west, and not talking about the amazing amount of water that would be called an ocean in Colorado.
History is an interesting thing. It is what it was and will be. It’s our perception of it that changes, and sometimes it changes for the good. It stands to reason that it also changes at times for the bad. How could someone argue that building an ability to think is any kind of focus in school these days? Civics classes have gone the way of music both to the detriment of students. Curiosity has been replaced in our culture by a pursuit of entertainment in a war on boredom. Don’t believe this? Find a line where people are waiting and try to notice anyone under the age of 50 that isn’t looking at that thing Steve Jobs has thrust upon us. In a culture like ours, I’m not sure we should look to monuments that remind us of our past and view them with any type of disdain. At this point, they are little more than reference. I saw not one Confederate soldier on my run standing at attention by this stone with 4 words engraved. I don’t know much about ole Jeff Davis other than the basics. I do know that I wouldn’t have spent any time thinking of the War of Northern Aggression today without running by these 4 words, and I would argue that’s kind of the point for these historical markers for however good and bad people are defined this week.
Those who don’t know history are doomed to… are doomed to… are doomed to… I’m going to play Angry Birds now.
Throne Time 