Plog Number 310
Words of Wisdom
Hello Ploggers, how are you. I am wishing💞 Love,💥 Light☮️Peace and Happiness. I want to help lift us all up. I will always tell the truth, but I like to try to use any anecdotes I have from the past. Some of the most basic truths are ingrained in our very souls. Lets talk about it.
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. My Mother didn’t often talk about politics. But she did say Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. She also taught us the Pledge of Allegiance with a special ending. Remember the part where it says “Liberty and Justice for all”? Well she said “Liberty and Justice for Some”. And as everything our Mom’s told us, she was absolutely right. My Mom was born and raised in Mississippi in the early 20th Century. It goes without saying that she knew a thing or two about Racial Injustice. She probably knew a lot more than she told us verbally. She was fiercely protective of us because she knew of the dangers that could hurt us. She had seen things in Mississippi that she never spoke about.
But the Absolute Power comment is especially wise and insightful to me. That I knew of, my mother knew nothing about power structures in government. She graduated from high school, but never studied civics extensively. She never even seemed to be that interested in the topic. But her words were so wise. Her words have extended past her death and are living on through my siblings, this plog and all who read it.
The Pledge of Allegiance ending was classic. Picture a quiet black woman raising a family on 9 in the 1940’, 1950’s and 1960’s. She poses no threat to anyone. But she wields her💪 power where she can. She knows that her kids are going to a predominantly white school and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance as a classroom ritual. She knew that they were putting their👋 hands over their little hearts and facing the red white and blue symbol. She also knew that the words they were saying were not totally true. She knew that her kids were going to have to survive in a🌍 world where they might not have fair opportunities. She did not get up on a soap box. She did not pound her ideas into our heads. She just quietly taught us things that we would remember the rest of our lives. Southern women are genteel and use their power in subtle ways. Thank you Ma, you taught us the truth in ways that were totally effective and basically without even knowing it. You knew that your wisdom would come back to us in times of need. What a valuable🎁 gift RECLAIM!
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