A better place?
Throughout history our fathers have worked to provide us a better place to grow up and live our lives than they had. I’m not sure we are going there today. It feels like we are stalled and going backward. Perhaps it is just a time of change when we are making a paradigm shift of what a better place looks like.
There are so many problems in the world that it is easy to think we are going backward by providing a worse place for our children. I don’t have a crystal ball, so unfortunately I don’t know whether what is taking place today will turn out to be better or worse. It depends on your vantage point.
The innovators of tomorrow often come from the necessities of today. They develop things we don’t know we will need, but will find we can’t do without. I wonder what will be developed because of the oil spill that will make this a better place. I wonder what will be developed as a result of the housing market crash that will make it a better place to live. I wonder what will be developed as a result of all the obesity that will enable us to live healthier lives.
Out of the ashes comes the phoenix to renew and rebuild. If we keep an eye out, we may see it, but I hope we recognize it and don’t shoot it thinking it is one more unnecessary spot on the horizon. It seems we are all too eager to find that easy fix in hopes of finding the better place.
Thanks for your confidence. It keeps me going.
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