[tuesday afternoon]

I found the link to this over at jewishworldreview.com and thought it topical:

Our sages have compared the Children of Israel to a school of fish, whose healthy members naturally swim against the current. It is not that we search out a current to swim against; rather, the nature of the world is that it perpetually presents goals and ideals in conflict with the Torah. The deception of the masses is irrelevant in light of a clear truth. We must maintain the strength to swim against the current.

[little jeremiah]

Very interesting observation. Jesus said much the same thing several times, I can remember where he said something about he didn't come to bring family peace, but to divide father from son and mother from daughter (I'm sure it's a little different, my memory is not great.)

Also, the Vedas say the same message (hmmm, funny how all the scriptures of the world have so much in common...?) In fact, the Bhagavad Gita has a verse which says that what is night for the introspective sage is daytime for materialist people, and what is night for the ordinary man is day for those who seek the truth. It is stated many times that to serve or seek for God means going against the current of most of the world.

Sometimes "go with the flow" is a bad idea - especially upstream from Niagra Falls.

(I think I can hear the roar in the distance....)