The cradle of civilization needs our prayers...

I don't know how to say what I'm going to say other than to just 'say it'. Please, if you are someone who prays, please keep in your prayers the country of South Africa. Unspeakable, horrors - unimaginable to the human mind - are taking place now, this very minute, against the white African farmers that is spilling over to the white middle class in the cities and suburbs.

The political unrest is beyond what most of us, if we live in the US, have experienced recently or in the past decades. I could go into intricate detail about what I've read, and what I've seen, these past hours on the web; however, I won't because if you are at all curious you will find it for yourself.

Why, on a dog-blog am I asking you to keep close in prayer a country? Because dear Maxdog and Maxmom live in, and love, South Africa. The beautiful countryside. The remarkable flora and fauna. The magnificent mountains, lakes, forests, rivers - are riddled with sadness - and death.

If you don't pray, offer a kind and loving thought to the Universe. Ask that the people - all of the people - that live in South Africa find peace and come to realize that everyone - black, white, yellow, red - everyone - is their brother or sister and that life, all life, is sacred and should be honored and protected.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my humble plea.

No comments are necessary, only your prayers.