The direction we turn
Our generation - and all of us old enough to vote - will be known as the ones who created a turning point. Which direction will we turn toward?
Dear friends:
It’s true, what the elders in my family have said all along: as we get older, our priorities in life become both simpler and more starkly drawn.
Owning the latest thing (car, computer, gadget, house, fashion, whatever) seems ridiculous. Being there for and with one another - along with the right doses of solitude as needed - becomes everything.
Patience with the explorations and challenges of the younger folk who are finding their way grows; patience with the pettiness, greed, and willful ignorance of our peers wears ever more thin.
Leaving our home - this beautiful planet Earth - better than we found it, better for the next generation and the seven generations after that holds a fierce urgency in our hearts.
I offer these thoughts as a backdrop to the focus of these little essays for the next several months: the singular importance of who we choose to represent us in our government, here in the U.S., in just under ten months.
We have the opportunity to choose wisely, to support leaders who share the ethic of and commitment to care, peace, inclusion, and a sustainable future. Or, we can choose individuals who seek not leadership but power, not peace but violence, not sustainability but greed.
The work we do in the next ten months will significantly alter the future our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will inherit. Every generation is given a sacred trust to hold dear the world that is in our care.
Our generation - and all of us old enough to vote - will be known as the ones who created a turning point. The direction we turn is up to us.
Be safe and well, and do not hesitate - the time to act on behalf of our democracy, our communities, and our planet is only ever now.