You Can't Say That

It's indeed a transitional time we live in.
Maybe the most dynamic in the history of mankind.
Although, it may be presumptuous to say that as we don't have a record from Atlantis.

Language is fluid now, more changeable than I ever remember it having been.

It is fluid because of e-dialogues: as - online Facebook chatting, internet connections available in hand held devices, satellite connections that span the globe, tweets from Benghazi being monitored by former Special Forces personnel to establish decisions and policy, blogs being created by Christian ministers on the road while participating in teaching seminars and revival prayer meetings.

That is all quite startling, quite beautiful and perhaps alarming.

Alarming like this:
I am a very good driver.
Actually I am a driver by profession.
I drive an International 66 passenger school bus.
Operating that safely at 300 pm with 50 elementary students who've just been released from school is an amazing experience.
However, just because I'm a good and professional driver doesn't mean that if you put me behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 at Limerock that I'm going to ace the course.
On the contrary. A sit down with Tommy, my mechanic who sells and drives Porsches, at least a once through on all the controls and a little bit of time to feel the suspension, the steering, the clutch, the brakes, the gear ratios, the power - that's all a good idea.

Just because I'm a good driver in a school bus doesn't mean I can handle a Porsche 911 at speed.

In a similar fashion, just because we all can dial 999-999-9999, the number for the Indian Point Test Alarm Alert System doesn't mean handling the power of unlimited access to all images, total instant communication, and all information at all due speed at any time from most places on the globe is an easy adaptation.

There are some things you can't say:
Do not say "I talk with God" while at the psychiatrist.
That's something to say while witnessing or sharing with a trusted friend or a fellow choir member.
Do not say "I have chest pain" while at one's yearly physical.
Without, that is, being prepared for a four hour stay in at least the emergency room.
Do not say "Hezbollah" anywhere.
Do not say "Nuclear energy" at a party.
Do not swear on the school bus, unless of course, you are a student,
in which case there will be some warnings given about appropriate language on the bus.
Do not say "I am a member of ZZ, the twelve step recovery group" on the radio.
Do not say pejorative ethnic slangz unless one is of the ethnicity.

Here's what I can say:
Unplug the TV;
Talk with each other;
Listen to each other;

Have a garden, everyone, a victory garden - for heaven's sake we're in a war on terror - everyone's involved in that - so grow a garden - grow your own food. Yes, everyone can do that. Take some lawn and rent a Roto Tiller and get some cruciferous seeds and plant them and water them and eat the food you've grown yourself.

Buy stuff from locally owned shops, on purpose - go there on purpose - make it a point to choose the small pharmacy guy - CVS won't disappear - they've got plenty of customers.
Go to that new cafe and have a smoothie with some espresso and run home.
Write a song
Sing
Read
Slow down on the highway
Get a Bicycle
Start your own business
And by all means, text your daughters and sons and tell them you love them.
Get an amen?
Om Shantih?
Servusz?
A tout a l'heures?