The Golden Mean

My sympathies are eternally extending in grace to everyone. Our federal institutions must act on their accord –and I would say swiftly. Nonetheless, I extend my eternal graces ( God granted to me and all ) to all because I see my eternal failures in this flesh. In my youth – and lesser today— though still I fight my lesser nature— I have extended ((and sadly-as all of us do at times)) my retributive nature to the world and found both grace for me and martial law against me. These two ‘acts’ did indeed ‘act’ upon me when I was younger and presently—ie, speeding and speeding tickets, for example. Grace taught me that I must forgive those who have done ‘injustice’ to me. This IS the Golden Mean. Jesus was without retributive action— but, He had active Grace and said, “Father, forgive them (( as they were killing and hating Him)) for they know not what they do” . Regardless of your opinions of ‘modern **christianity**’, the words recorded from Him were about Love and anti- retribution—- I. E., Grace. Continual ‘retributive’ action destroys all because it demands ‘just reward’ for the impunitive damage done to the flesh. Those who do not seek the eternal answer ( Grace ) will never fill the eternal void for injustices done to us all since the dawn of time. This conundrum of *justice* via – ‘eye for eye’ or reciprocating for an unquantified injustice is never resolved within a limited-mortal answer. Just look at our unending wars in the streets. Just look to the thousands of years of wars and destruction in the Middle East for the wisdom in that— i.e, lex talionis —eye for an eye’— . This, “eye for an eye” is already skewed. It’s self contained and does not see past its own myopia. This does not work on a societal level. / Our Government is granted the power to order a society to rest or, ‘civility’-if you will. It is the greatest rule on earth: The Kantian model of hierarchy to and for and by the people. When this doesn’t happen— society takes on what its individuals can never hold fairly — I.e.—martial law