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Yesterday my oldest son came over to give me a hand hanging a couple TV mounts for the walls....Reckon we spent right at 3 hours killing off 2 pots of coffee and solving the world's problems. These conversations brought up something I have said many times, now my son knew exactly what I was talking about, but he pointed out something I never thought of, maybe you never had either. Every day I ask God to make me a better person today than I was yesterday, reckon He sent my son to help me a bit.

Now to my point----Many, many, many times I have said that "I miss the America I grew up in." Now my son understood my point, I am speaking of the freedoms I grew up with--- but he also pointed out to me that others could easily be offended by my statement. Naturally I have no idea how anyone could be offended.......He pointed out that there are folks who would look at the America I grew up and look at the America they grew up in during the same years as my younger years. When I was growing up, segregation was in, people of color could not eat at the food counters, many could not use a white person's water fountain and the list goes on & on-----many may look at my statement as if that is my missing the America I grew up in means and YES that could be very offensive, meaning that they could think that is what I want again.... NOW!! I never once even considered such, I don't see color, I see Americans and I get offended with the African-American, Jewish-American, Italian-American and so on & so forth stuff-----Years ago I shared a fox-hole with a black man from N.Y., I see Americans, I DO NOT SEE COLOR------BUT !!!! I can easily see how my words, "I miss the America I grew up in" could easily be offensive to those who did not live on my side of town

I really get bent out of shape that it is so easy to say anything and it is offensive to others...I am 77 and to darn old to be changing how I speak, set in my ways----yet, I ask God to make me a better person, I may not like it, but, it calls for me not to be stubborn and think of others and not myself. If I do something that is offensive to others then it is my sin----can't argue with God's word

My wife & I spent years trying to teach our kids right from wrong-----Amazing now, they are teaching me right from wrong.....NOW!!! To work on me, and here I thought I was really coming a long real good...
Self pride has its own way of sneaking in the back door