Rita's Diner

 

Rita purchased a restaurant 20 years ago and renamed it Rita's Diner.  Local families would patronize the dinner weekly and their children after they left home would do so as well.  Students would go to Rita's Diner as well as couples who were on dates and in one case, a man proposed marriage to his date at the diner.  It was a place where people enjoyed themselves and who they were with; it was a place of happy memories.  But, gradually over the years, the patrons at the diner changed and instead of providing happy memories, all they did was argue with each other and Rita's Diner became a hostile environment.  Rita worked at her diner from the moment it opened until the moment it closed each day, seven days a week.  She witnessed this transformation herself.  After a while, Rita got so upset at what she thought her diner had caused, that she sold the place and retired.  And, did not leave her house again until she passed away from loneliness.

Of course, there is no diner named Rita's but the concept is still the same...  families and strangers are arguing with each other over race, politics, abortion, crt in public schools, what caused inflation, electric vehicles, illegal immigration, and why the wealthy always seem to believe that they are above the law.

Our homes, our communities, our places of employment, our churches, our civic organizations have all become hostile work environments because of this.   BECAUSE OF WHAT WE BECAME AND ARE DOING TO EACH OTHER...

Twenty Years AGO, we had different opinions but we were willing to compromise our positions and opinions so that we could move forward as a society, as a nation, and as a community.  That sense of cooperation is gone...  and the Russians did not cause it...  the chinese did not cause it...  terrorism did not cause it...  WE ARE THE ENEMY AND DID IT TO OURSELVES...

If we cannot see this...  then we will never be able to fix it...  and if, we cannot fix it...  then the situation in this wonderful country of our will deteriorate and get worse.

Are we going to have to almost die before we are able to see the light?