Found and Lost
Found in history…
The communist GDR, the German Democratic Republic, was fearful that its citizens were tempted by the sins of the West and erected a wall to keep them safe from temptation around them.
In reality, it was a wall of tyranny to keep a people subjugated to the will of the Soviet Union, formerly Russia, ruled by non-religious oligarchs of a type of organized crime state.
The GDR soon realized that the Berlin Wall kept the sheep in but did nothing to prevent freedom from seeping into the minds of the people of East Germany.
Lost…
The Wall failed in its purpose; the year was 1989.
Found in history…
Construction began in 122 AD in the province of Britannia, the farthest northern border of the Roman Empire, under the rule of Hadrian.
The purpose was to draw a line in the woods of Britannia, later to be known as Great Britain, to keep the annoying raids conducted by the barbarous Picts, the northern city-states of the common area of Britannia.
You can also attribute the construction of the Wall to the voices heard in the heads of the Roman aristocracy, who believed the gods had instructed them that a wall was needed to encircle the entirety of their Empire, thereby establishing its importance to the world.
Hadrian's Wall stretched from the Atlantic to the Dover coast with an average height of 4 feet or 1.2m.
People must have been remarkably short in stature back then because the average person today could easily trip and roll over Hadrian's Wall without any planning.
The Wall stood, but the Roman Empire did not.
Lost…
Hadrian's Wall fell out of memory, its purpose lost to the narcissistic whims of a former aristocracy.
Found in history…
The Greatest Wall!
The power of tyrants lies in their ability to instill fear, whether real or perceived.
The emperors of China and the Mongols had been engaged in a centuries-long war.
The Chinese emperor had the noble notion of erecting a wall across their entire northern border to keep out the obviously inferior northern tribes from immigrating and diluting their culture.
Construction of what was to be called The Great Wall of China began in 220 BC and continued till 206 BC.
A Great Wall it was indeed.
Strong, high, thick, and made of the best stones ever.
Ever…
In the 14th century, the Ming Dynasty built the Wall higher, stronger, and faster than anyone had ever done before.
It could stop an army.
It did stop armies.
But it couldn't stop corruption and betrayal in the Chinese aristocracy.
The Wall failed.
Lost.
Found and lost.
Walls are built by tyrants, but not alone.
Walls are built by people who are afraid.
We, the people of the United States, have never been afraid.
A strong people are not afraid.
It is reasonable to give voice to both protection and defense.
However, fear is not a position from which we Americans have historically made decisions.
Fear, in its primal form, allows those who are in the midst of the discussion to be manipulated by tyrants.
Those who are afraid will say or do anything; they will parrot the tyrant's mindset in an attempt to alleviate their fear.
A wall is a projection of fear.
It has been a part of human history.
Like children hiding under the covers in the dark of night, a nation,
a people cannot hide from the reality of this world behind a wall of concrete and steel.
They cannot hide from the economic and political problems they have contributed to.
There are no guarantees.
Yet, this nation was founded upon the idea of freedom.
A freedom-loving people do not hide behind a wall.
A freedom-loving people stand against the headwind and face the dilemma with resolution.
A resolution born out of that specific knowledge that from strength comes responsibility.
That's right!
A nation with great strength has a great responsibility to protect its citizens, but to reach out to the world, it must do so with the steady hand of love.
We have nothing to fear.
Found.
Love asks more.
Peace
Daniel J Frey aka Toby