Opus 2025-355: Don’t Call Them Boycotts

I am not against the idea of boycotting businesses and people that violate the basic values of my life.  One of the problems I am facing now is that there are so many places that have joined the forces of Satan that it’s hard to find any place to shop.  I can’t boycott everything.

So I’ve decided to make it more of a choice, an act of stewardship, rather than a refusal to do business.  Do I need groceries?  Of course I need groceries.  Am I going to go out and plow my backyard to get my vegetables and fruits?  Am I going to buy a cow and make my own cheese?  Am I going to plant wheat, harvest it and grind it into flour in order to get bread? I  think the answers are obvious.

Instead of looking for the faults, which are many, I will ask myself, which one is the most deserving.  When I go, I will try to bring a ray of Sonshine into the darkness.  We are to be salt and light in our world.  We are not told to be surgeons removing every mark of sin.

I keep forgetting to do it, but one of the things I think would be interesting would be to thank a person stocking the shelves for his work today.  Perhaps comment to someone who is pushing one of those carts and loading up groceries for someone who can’t get out of their car about how they are helping improve someone’s life.  I know one thing I do remember is when they ask me at the checkout how am I doing?  I don’t give the standard reply, “I’m making it.”  Instead, I try for something like “marvelous”, Or as they say here in Texas, “So blessed, I can hardly stand it.”

Spread a little salt today.

homo unius libri