This morning, my family and I participated in the Frankfort, MI 4th of July parade. It was interesting, and it's always been something that we've loved to be associated with.
Today was a bit different, as there is a huge debate in Benzie County, MI about wind power and whether or not the county should invest in wind energy. I was blown away by how polarizing this issue has been for a typically down and out town, with not much hope for a viable economic future. More so, being someone from a beat up town, I'm amazed at how people complain about lack of progress, a new idea ensues, and those same people look at the new idea and shoot it down. It's a downward spiral of hopelessness-- and mind you, we're talking about wind here. This has nothing to do with the eternal. It got me thinking.
I continue to have it in the forefront of my mind how so many of us are passionate about ideas like wind energy, yet, when it comes to how we live the daily life in and out, it's like we're zombies, methodically plotting forward, with no true sense of anticipation for anything spectacular or eternal.
I've got no dog in the wind energy argument-- perhaps a leaning for alternative fuel ideas, but moreso, anything other than long term fossil fuel-- but it's a tangent. I've got more of a dog in the daily living in life. Why are we here? What is our legacy? What is the goal of man?
Anyway, it's a ramble, but I couldn't help think about this today, after the polarizing views of those held within the sleepy town of Frankfort, MI.
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