into the national fabric of our national sense of wonder
at our nation. The world, on the other hand, often sees
this celebration as something that they
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as a celebration of when they were formed.
What the world does see, is that many times in
America, nobody there knows about the other
countries of the world and what their celebration
of forming into a nation amounts to?
Ever have a friend tell you that they were
going to come over, but they didn't? You rush
out buy some stuff to be special about the
time, and they don't show up? When they tell
you they aren't going to make it, it turns out it is
because they are, self absorbed?
How does that leave you feeling?
Empty, used, rejected; now imagine
those same sets of feelings on a global scale? Thanksgiving for
America is a sense of wonder, but that wonder doesn't reachbeyond America, and is often seen as, being self absorbed?
The 800 pound Gorilla analogy is a a useful one because when
that ugly beast is in the room, folks get very quiet, very alert,
very scared, very attentive, doubtful, anxious and watchful for
the first move of action by it. If they were discussing things
before the big beast walked in, they now do so in hushed and
anxious tones, why? Because when you are dealing with an
800 pound Gorilla, you realize, human is a frail counterpart
and if you make the Gorilla angry, who knows what's next?
The globe we live on is changing in fundamentally flawed
ways, faster than we can correct them. If American's don't
wake up and smell the coffee cooking, then the breadbasket
to the world, will have assisted in humankind's demise, and
it won't matter if it is was knowingly or unwittingly, once
we've done it, it will be done, and we're fast getting to that
point; the 800 pound Gorilla's are in the room, it's time to
get a little bit more sensitive to their presence- because if
you think a room with one Gorilla in it is a dangerous
place for a frail and tiny human, try a room with three!
President Bill Clinton addressing the Yale class day
May 23, 2010, talked about these three areas which
the graduates will have to deal intimately, not at a
distance, three 800 pound Gorilla's, they are now;
as never before, in one - room, earth!
"The world you will have to deal with is far too
unstable, unequal and unsustainable." Please
take a moment and view it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBDgCATvf6Y
And now let's ask ourselves if we actually are looking for
better systems to work better? In America are we looking
for profit, or, avarice? Now help me answer this question
which sits inside that one, is social media capable of
assisting to make this situation better. If you have one
moment more, here is my personal appeal with a small
slant, asking you if you can't help us?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJuGfOU291w
