Wit or Wisdom

I ran today… for the first time in quite a while. I’m pretty out of shape… made it completely around two blocks. Not big blocks, either. But hey, it’s a start. It was just warm enough for a jacket, just cold enough to make my lungs feel like they were about to explode. The thought recently occurred to me that if I play basketball at college, it’ll be the first time in my life I won’t be the tallest man on the court when playing organized ball. I played for a few years early on in junior high and high school and have dabbled in some 3-on-3 stuff since then. I’m 6′2″, but I was 6′ when I was fourteen, so I’ve pretty much always been taller than or as tall as everyone else. The truth is, I make a horrible big man. I don’t have enough upper body strength, and I enjoy running too much. That and I can never anticipate which way the ball is bouncing on a rebound.

Speaking of running, I learned a long time ago that your mind says you are done before you are really done. Words to live by. You can always go twice as far as you think you can. (Reminders of Brock in “Facing the Giants”) However, after I was done today, things have burned every time I stand up.

Mike Huckabee is figuring on being Reagan number two, and I hope he pulls it off. His grassroots forum (not started by himself, but very in support of him) Huck’s Army is buzzing with things that can be done. I have an exciting opportunity there, but I’ll tell you what it is IF it pans out.

Some friends and I were discussing yesterday what McCain will have to do to win. It seems that he must do two things. 1) Get the farthest reaches of the right to vote for him and recognize that the numbskull idea of voting for a 3rd party candidate or writing in a man who wouldn’t accept it aren’t really conducive to the survival of America. (On that note, we were discussing parties and party history, and came to the conclusion that America’s government is simply ideal for a two-party system and anyone thinks so is off their rocker a little bit). 2) He must make the “moderates” (people who don’t recognize the importance of being involved in the political process and taking positions on things, aka do not care) care. If he can’t, Obama’s “hope” and “change” rhetoric that deals with nothing to do with anything resembling actual issues will trump.