On recent news
Nov. 6th, 2012 09:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_umbridgeLike so many in our glorious Protectorate, I spent much of yesterday simply glued to the wireless, and now reading just every teensy detail in the Prophet this morning.
Now, it is indeed a wonderful show of the might of the Protectorate that we’ve seen. But I cannot help thinking back through the years, through previous worries, and about how some piece of this, we might have averted. I know that a constant worry in my own years of leadership is whether we had truly done everything we could to make this realm safe, secure, and protected for all true witches and wizards.
That our children could sleep in peace, untroubled by worry. That we would not longer need to send our mightiest wands to devour vermin. That we have no lights at windows in the dark, hoping for a loved one’s safe return.
Now, I am sure that Our Lord’s Council will leave no stone unturned, rooting out every insurrection and danger. But it is the duty of us all to help where we can. I know I stand ready, if my experience and knowledge of the dangers of this time of year might serve.
And we all can serve, from the dear children here who have taken on more responsibility for patrols, to those holding down desks at the Ministry so that more can go to Ireland, and all those who keep the other needs of the land slowly turning. And of course, the noble efforts of the Watch - if you have not joined, I am simply sure they would love your wand and your unending vigilance.
Let us, though, all strive to do just a teensy bit more than we have. In His Service.
Now, it is indeed a wonderful show of the might of the Protectorate that we’ve seen. But I cannot help thinking back through the years, through previous worries, and about how some piece of this, we might have averted. I know that a constant worry in my own years of leadership is whether we had truly done everything we could to make this realm safe, secure, and protected for all true witches and wizards.
That our children could sleep in peace, untroubled by worry. That we would not longer need to send our mightiest wands to devour vermin. That we have no lights at windows in the dark, hoping for a loved one’s safe return.
Now, I am sure that Our Lord’s Council will leave no stone unturned, rooting out every insurrection and danger. But it is the duty of us all to help where we can. I know I stand ready, if my experience and knowledge of the dangers of this time of year might serve.
And we all can serve, from the dear children here who have taken on more responsibility for patrols, to those holding down desks at the Ministry so that more can go to Ireland, and all those who keep the other needs of the land slowly turning. And of course, the noble efforts of the Watch - if you have not joined, I am simply sure they would love your wand and your unending vigilance.
Let us, though, all strive to do just a teensy bit more than we have. In His Service.
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Date: 2012-11-06 03:42 pm (UTC)If one has gone to rust, best to leave it on the shelf, hmm?