{"id":1503,"date":"2021-09-11T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T14:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2023-12-04T21:19:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:19:03","slug":"thats-not-a-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/?p=1503","title":{"rendered":"“That’s not a movie.”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I said that to my father as he lay paralyzed on his left side from a stroke in a hospital bed in Lakeland, FL on the morning of 9\/11. It was a day of loss and selfless sacrifice by 1st responders rushing into danger to try and save lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we honor their sacrifices and remember the many who are departed, I wonder how many more times I would have repeated that phrase standing next to my pops as we observed events of the recent years. We have seen a callous and uncaring police officer kneel on a man’s neck until he expired. We have seen over a half-million of our countrymen pass from sickness. We saw the sitting president whip a crowd into a frenzy to prevent the certification of his successor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The many selfless acts from that day 20 years ago have been replaced by so many selfish acts of today. The death of a man of color unjustly does not prompt outrage by all and some are more outraged by the phrase “Black Lives Matter.” The mandating of a life saving vaccine causes people to object to their individual rights being trampled instead of seeking to stop a pandemic. A large portion of the electorate believes the election was rigged because their guy lost despite no evidence to support their allegations. My way over others is most important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John F. Kennedy said “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Matthew 7:12 says “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,\u00a0for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”<\/p>\n

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I said that to my father as he lay paralyzed on his left side from a stroke in a hospital bed in Lakeland, FL on the morning of 9\/11. It was a day of loss and selfless sacrifice by 1st responders rushing into danger to try and save lives. As we honor their sacrifices and … <\/p>\n

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