Another damp and cloudy day. I slept fairly well, and the meds didn't have such a toxic light headed effect on me. Instead of pancakes for breakfast, Clare cooked drop scones. Although there's an egg in the recipe, they didn't disagree with my digestion, apart from a slight aftertaste A pleasant change.
Once more the morning news was dominated by reports of the fallout from publication of documents exposing the reach of corrupt financier Geoffrey Epstein's discreet sex crime network. Revelations about the private lives of wealthy high status people including financiers, politicians, diplomats and royalty, has brought public disgrace upon them.
The often controversial reputation of Peter Mandelson, appointed as US ambassador and later sacked, is an embarrassment for the prime minister, calling into question his sense of judgement. Mandelson has quit the Labour Party and resigned from the House of Lords. He is now being investigated for misconduct in public office, after the disclosure that he leaked market sensitive information to benefit Epstein during the 2008 financial crisis. It's being described as a betrayal of his country.
So much political life and the process of government happens behind the scenes in private or in secrecy to avoid misleading the public, or to hinder the distortion of information to raise fear uncertainty and doubt. Everyone has a right to privacy to protect their reputation and social standing, but it can be misused, serve a screen to conceal wrong doing. The lust for wealth, status and power can easily tempt individuals to act only in their own interests and lead to immoral decisions and actions, if there's little prospect of exposure and being called to account. When it comes to exclusive networks of rich influential people, corruption can spread far and wide without being challenged.
In these secularised times, worship of our Creator and accountability to One who is above and beyond all that exists has been supplanted by worship of self centred ego, accountable to nobody other than those we choose to acknowledge, whom we know or are known by. A sense of right and wrong, of what is just and wicked gets perverted by unhealthy appetites and impulses, constructing an illusory sense of self, preserved by avoiding the scrutiny of moral judgement, by secretly getting away with behaviour few if any regard as beneficial.
The biblical story of Adam's Fall is understood to describe rebellion against God's will in the name of freedom and knowledge, as the primary cause of human suffering. Human beings learn from experience to discern the difference between what is just and good, or what is unjust and wicked. We have a choice to take between the life giving path to divine blessing and mortal chaos. When Adam and Eve realise they are naked, they feel ashamed of themselves. No hiding place for them from their rebellious naughtiness. No secrets, only unwelcome consequences.
We had salmon soup for lunch, as we do when we receive our periodic fish delivery order from Ashton's. Clare fell soundly asleep in her armchair when we'd eaten, so I went out for a walk. When she woke up and saw I'd gone out, she sent me a message asking where I was and saying she'd taken the bus into town to exchange a coat she purchased yesterday. I was meant to go with her and assumed that she was too tired to go. Crossed wires unfortunately.
I cooked chestnut mushrooms on toast for supper, with a fried egg for Clare and bacon for me. Real comfort food for miserable damp weather. Another episode of 'Patience' to watch after supper, a story that first appeared in the 'Astrid - Murder in Paris' series. I'd be interested to re-watch the French version for comparison, but sleep is more appealing.
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