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Ricky Rap: We must choose between despair and hope

Another legendary singer-songwriter inspires Rick Mills in this week's Ricky Rap reflecting on the energy we choose to put out into the world
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'Energy Follows Thought' is from Willie Nelson's 2022 album 'A Beautiful Time'.

 Ricky Rap is a list of 10 thoughts and offerings from Niagara’s own Rick Mills. Retired from more than 30 years of management in the steel industry, he continues pastoral ministry here in town. Ricky Rap, he says, is intended to help us to believe in and laugh at ourselves.

 1. The line between despair and hope is gratitude 

 2. Politics are hitting daily societal living like a hurricane. 

 3. Fear blinding common sense. 

 4. Despair or hope are choices. 

 5. Both producing energy. 

 6. Feeding one or the other. 

 7. Hope or hopelessness. 

 8. Both contagious. 

 9. What are we spreading? 

 10. Happy Thanksgiving.

 

Inspired by Energy Follows Thought, by Willie Nelson