Today
is a day of beginnings.
A
journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
A
beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are
correct, the Princess Irulan said, in her biography of Muad’Dib
A
small miscalculation at the outset, a subtle deviation from the plan, will
cause you to miss your mark by a wide margin. It may cause you to never reach
your end, or to end in a place you never intended to be.
Great
care must be taken at the beginning.
Be
mindful of your aim.
Today
it is a day of resolutions.
Doing
is being, is what Ray Bradbury said:
To have done is not enough.
You cannot lie about, and lie about the
things you might just do someday.
But do, and win the game.
Great
things are accomplished (and by great I mean great on any scale; socially,
professionally, personally, spiritually, privately), great things are arrived
at, built, discovered, in a series of small, regular and consistent steps.
With
the steady application of effort, we can learn to do, and we can do just about
anything.
Resolve
to do something; be resolute.
Know
this, if life is a river, it is a confluence of contradictions.
The
process is just as important as the goal.
The
archer is not only concerned with the object of her aim, but with the drawing
of her bow, with the tension in the string and movement of her goal.
We
must be prepared.
2020
marks the end of an era in American vision and the American experiment. The assault
on truth, and the understanding of what truth is has finally undone its
relevance to the social order.
It
is doubtful that we can return to it.
Like
the beast in the Book of Revelation, we have turned power over to the father of
lies.
In
2020 we will put the liar on trial for abusing his power, for conspiring with
our adversaries, he will be acquitted by his allies, and they will all lie some
more, in the hope of continuing their grip on power.
We
may hope for the future of America’s promise, and the extension of the promise
to the whole world, but all we may have is hope…
Compassion,
accountability, charity, honesty, integrity to call for these things is to
speak to the wind, we hear them like voices crying out in the wilderness, lost
in the din of madness.
Today
is the first day, it is a day for unity and finding common purpose.
We
will need to stand together if we are going to put an end to the madness, but
our house is divided.
Today
is the first day, it is a day for unity and finding common purpose.
We
will need to stand together and support one another if we are going to advance
the common good, but our house is divided, and those who are seeking to step up
as champions, to lead the charge against destroyer are tearing each other down
and lying to make themselves heard.
We
are undone.
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