Happy Fourth of July

I am ashamed to say the answer to quiz – What country is
this? is the United States. On the day we celebrate our independence I think it
is a good time to take a few minutes to reflect on our freedoms we have and wonder
why such alarming things could be happening in our society, especially to our
children. The human resource is our most precious resource; within that
resource children represent our future. We should do everything we can to
insure that their future will be for a better life than we have now. Not in terms
of material things but in terms of health and education. The tools they we will
need to continue to make this country what it is. Al Qaeda or terrorists will
not bring us down, we will do it to ourselves. We cannot continue the self
indulgent waste of precious human and natural resources. It starts with each of
you individually, what each of you are doing to make you home, your family,
your community a better place to live. We can all play a part in making the
world a better place by making each of our individual worlds a better place. If
need inspiration and ideas on how to do this read Blessed Unrest – How the Largest
Social Movement in History is Restoring Grace, Justice and Beauty to the World
by Paul Hawken.  Decide what you can do
and take action, don’t wait. Increase your awareness of how YOU can make a
difference.

On a lighter note today I am going to spent my Fourth of July finishing the biography of Winston Churchill I am reading while listening to Flaco Jimenez on my I Phone. This evening I am going to watch the 40th anniversary DVD of Woodstock with additional footage never before seen footage. Started out with a nice hour and twenty minuute bike ride. If that does not represent the self indulgent American what does?