Doing Freedom

In J.R.R. Tolkien's classic epic of good against evil, The Lord of the Rings, evil incarnate took the form of Sauron, the Dark Lord (of the Rings). In our world, evil is more complicated--one could only wish that it could be banished by the simple expedient of tossing an evil ring into a volcano!--but the metaphor of the rings still fits modern times. The three rings must be the three-ring circuses of …

…be king. The crownless, the sovereign individuals, shall again rule over themselves. This is the promise of the future. It beckons us. Let us not be afraid to let go of the brass ring of power, to let it drop into the fires of Mount Doom where it was made. Let us not be afraid to let go of the old coercive ways of the past. Let us embrace the future and simply DO FREEDOM!!!