Something beautiful

It's been beyond time, for a long time, that we took responsibility for the ugly direction our country and world has taken. Turn things around. Make the world genuinely better.









As I watch the blame game in full swing, might I suggest that in lieu of left or right, on this matter, that we consider the example of someone like Jack Johnson. Or Stephen Covey. Or their example, perhaps. Someone like Jesus of Nazareth.

And focus on the beams in our own eyes.

I'm as guilty as anyone else. I aspire for love and understanding. And I've fallen, too often, into anger and impatience. My whole purpose, at this point, is to help us all see how there is much to discover and understand from one another. And I've fallen short of that too often to count.









Jack Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were killed in a similarly scared, aggressive and hateful period.

Gabrielle Giffords avoided that fate, thankfully. Six others, including a 9-year-old girl, did not, sadly.

It is time we take responsibility for the ugliness. To give it up. And make the world something more beautiful. For real.

It is possible. It's just about us getting honest with ourselves about us.

And isn't that the most important truth of all.

Sing it, Jack.