Winter's Last Gasp

  Sometimes the signs are obvious, and today was one of those days. Out walking near the lake, and the wind blowing across the lake, bit hard on your face! That biting stinging feeling that you get when you face the wind straight on.
  But there in the bush, were tales of winter's last gasp. First, a Cardinal perched in the bush at the water's edge, and then a Robin! They stayed there together, just sitting in the branches. When as if on cue, they both flew away! Robin Red Breast and a Cardinal? Surely, springtime is near! It has been a long cold winter, a hard winter, and the change in the season is most welcome! This has been a hard cold winter in more ways then just the weather. It was the winter of our discontent, as we have many problems. There is a pall that has fallen over this great land, perhaps over the entire world?
But the world aside, surely we have enough problems at home. We have become a nation that is deeply divided. A nation angry, a nation confused, a nation afraid. Afraid because we have lost our way? Afraid because we no longer know who we are? We have lost our soul, and we must get it back quickly! If we are to survive as one nation, under God, then we must be united! Only as one people can we become again who it is that we truly are? And what we are is the greatest country in the world! Time to show your pride, time to get all patriotic, because in case you haven't noticed, the world is on fire, and the flames are headed this way!