Opportunities
A brief thought and hopeful outlook for your Tuesday morning. It comes in the form of a quote from American author Grenville Kleiser.
To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities.
Though Kleiser died in 1953 and was referring to an entirely different era, the same can be said, I believe, for today. It could apply to your personal or professional life, I’m sure, but in American politics this is definitely a hopeful time. No matter which side of the great blue – red divide you find yourself on, we’re in an era when citizens seem to be engaged in the political process and the actions of their government at levels we rarely see. Yes, there are still plenty of folks out there who couldn’t tell you the name of either of their Senators, but we seem to have a lot more folks up off the bench and getting involved.
Big things are coming to pass in Washington and your voice will be heard. Make sure that it is.
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3 Responses to “Opportunities”
Thanks Jazz, Big things ARE coming, I just hope they are GOOD things.
Excellent quote and excellent commentary Jazz. This may not be the time we would prefer to be in, but this is where we are and it is a privilege and opportunity to be here. We can lament the state of affairs (politically, professionally, or personally) or we can (as my Dad used to say) take the bull by the horns!
Fortunately for the USA and Americans, despite the hype it's unlikely this will become a bigger 1993-4 or even more and even worse, another New Deal or Great Society. Not that a shallow, comparatively vapid, play-pen analogue won't be conceived and continue to be sought by some, however. Hopefully we won't suffer too badly from it. Who knows, healthy opposition to it might actually lead to bogus promises being fulfilled by default, like federal entitlement reform and other fiscal reform, eventually.