Look How They Massacred My Boy

Day 281 of A Year of War and Peace

Sonny massacred himself. It was his own anger that shot him up at the causeway and then kicked him in his dead face. If only he could have tamed his rage and refrained from thoughtless action born of frustration then perhaps he could have reigned as Don. As it happened, however, his enemies were able to lure him out into the open by baiting his fury.

Today General Bagovut pulls a Sonny. He looks out at the disarray of the Russian campaign and loses his otherwise placid temperament. He cannot abide that none of the regiments are in place or that the Cossacks are pillaging the French rather than pursuing them. So his rage provokes him into needlessly attacking the French. He leads the way and he is the first to die.

Don’t be Sonny. Don’t be Bagovut.

DAILY MEDITATION