There is a lot of talk about health-care. Unfortunately, it is mostly talk . I think one good thing is it has people talking about it. Unfortunately, the insurance companies and others who profit from bad health are spending enormous amounts of money to ensure that changes do not come that will affect their ability to reap millions.

Like it or not, we truly are all connected. As I have pointed out in previous postings, the things we do, or in some cases, don't do, can have far reaching impact. There are many people who are rising up and trying to drown out those who are warning us of global warming. Sensing the impact if the "greenies" take hold, they are bringing all guns to bear.

Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.
~Standing Bear ~

"Always with the negative waves Moriarty, always with the negative waves" - Oddball from Kelley's Heroes.

"You have noticed that everything as Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round..... The Sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours....

And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father.
Black Elk

Every year I write at the end of the year to introduce a theme for the new year. In the past, there was the Year of Unity and the Year of Hope. These served as an anchor to my writings for a continued theme through the year. These were accompanied by the occasional Wisdom From a Fortune Cookie.