While on a nice extended family vacation that ended just a couple days ago, my thoughts wandered to what would be a good topic for the next blog. It is amazing the answer our creator provides! Not only offering a topic but providing the content that is just too good (and truthful) not to pass along. There was even the request to pass this obituary on! Found this while waiting for our lunch order at a restaurant one day and looking at the "Mountain Lakefront & Rural Property Guide (Charleston, TN)" to pass some time. Here is the reprint, in it's entirety: -----------
"Today we mourn the
passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us
for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic
red tape.He will be remembered as having cultivated such
valuable lessons as:- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition. Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion. Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault. Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason. He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;
I Know My Rights
I Want It Now
Someone Else Is To Blame
I'm A Victim
Not many attended his funeral because so few
realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.
Author Lori Bergman First published in the Indianapolis Star 3-15-98" =============================== OBITUARY - COMMON SENSE has passed away! - http://goo.gl/Sm0zW |
OBITUARY - COMMON SENSE has passed away!posted Feb 12, 2012, 10:18 PM by Poly A Endrasik Jr [ updated Feb 12, 2012, 10:23 PM ] |