Great topic Jan! I love the paving analogy. I suppose part of the problem is the attitude of finders-keepers, and not-it game. Wherein if they’re there first the assumption is that they have priority over everything? A lot to unpack here for sure. Thanks for the thought prompt.
Finders keepers, interesting. I’ll have to think about that. The “not it” makes me think of how there will always be an oppressor. And even the people at the bottom will find someone or something to oppress. Is that truly human nature? Or…? I don’t know. That’s why I’m grateful for your response and anything anyone else can offer to the conversation.
We are all, every last one of us, immigrants. Some earlier, some later. Maybe someday, we’ll realize we’re in this boat together and learn how to accept one another, no matter how far back our ancestors arrived here. Maybe we will realize that all we really have is each other and now, this very moment.
Berea College, the first integrated college in the South AND with a $0 tuition, has long had the motto: "God has made of one blood all the peoples of the earth"
Great topic Jan! I love the paving analogy. I suppose part of the problem is the attitude of finders-keepers, and not-it game. Wherein if they’re there first the assumption is that they have priority over everything? A lot to unpack here for sure. Thanks for the thought prompt.
Finders keepers, interesting. I’ll have to think about that. The “not it” makes me think of how there will always be an oppressor. And even the people at the bottom will find someone or something to oppress. Is that truly human nature? Or…? I don’t know. That’s why I’m grateful for your response and anything anyone else can offer to the conversation.
❤️, Jan this is a remarkable story of so many who made this country great. Thank you for sharing the “soul” of what is important.
You bring home what is essential to and for the human condition.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Pat McDonald
Thank you, Pat! I think George is the gem for emphasizing all that. I just provided another platform for his kindness and wisdom.
We are all, every last one of us, immigrants. Some earlier, some later. Maybe someday, we’ll realize we’re in this boat together and learn how to accept one another, no matter how far back our ancestors arrived here. Maybe we will realize that all we really have is each other and now, this very moment.
True true and well said! I couldn't agree more.
Berea College, the first integrated college in the South AND with a $0 tuition, has long had the motto: "God has made of one blood all the peoples of the earth"
Thanks, Switter!
We need more Berea Colleges, even or maybe especially in these “enlightened” times.