The tragedy --
too many wasted lives
on the pyre of ignorant hatred
Do as you feel drawn to
If it feels good, continue
If uncomfortable, explore the reasons
All the escalating trauma
trying to live on an ever more
hostile home world
LBJ famouslyy helped his
country leap forwarddd socially,
yet brought down by an unfortunate
allegiance to a horribly unpopular war.
The Democrats couldn't be
bothered to nominate a candidate
the people wanted.
Such a time of unrest -- Old School
America fell prey to a media
manufactured yearning for law and order.
For the focused and effective,
time gives us perspective,
long term relationships with
those we come to know well,
regrettable experiences we learn from,
and experiences that force us to
confront and better understand ourselves.
Given a strong genetic constitution,
excellent medical care and advice,
strongly supportive family and friends,
well educated, trained, skilled, effective
staff, abundant resources, expert, experienced
advisers, in an age when so much of memory
generally has been relegated to technology,
still the long grown experience which creates
amazing intuition and reflexive wisdom
is certainly an asset.
Not even our savior AI (with no human context)
can encompass the benefits of such experience.
We all make mistakes, take chances that don't
pan out as we had hoped.
Real leaders accept their humanity,
do what they can to lift us all, with the
humility and reflection that comes from
their connection to our common cause.
2/10-15/24