Yesterday the committee for the Academy Awards (the Oscars) rescinded the nomination for best song for the song "Alone, Yet Not Alone." The song was a Christian song from a Christian movie sung by Christian singer/author/speaker Joni Eareckson Tada. Joni is a quadriplegic who serves God faithfully despite her disability. The reason given for the song's disqualification was that the song's producer sent out emails asking Academy voters to consider the song. Really? Every year Hollywood production companies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to host gala events for voters in order to get there movie noticed. They have been known to give gift bags (bribes) to Academy members in order to gain their attention. This song was disqualified because one man sent emails asking members to consider the song? Sigh. What can we say? Darkness loves darkness and darkness hates light!
There are few days in my life when I am more pathetic than the first day back to work after vacation. My personal pity party is quite something to behold. What is lacking is a good old dose of perspective to remind me that my "griefs" pale in comparison to what most of the world faces each day. It took a comic strip to give me that perspective this morning.
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