 Do you remember the old playground taunt? "I'm rubber, You're glue, Whatever you say Bounces off ME and sticks to YOU!" It seems like this is the level of our public discourse lately. Scroll through any comment section on the internet these days and you'll find a vibrant mix of insults being hurled back and forth... Loser! Snowflake! Idiot! Jerk! Lunatic! The problem is, we're not made out of rubber... our society is made out of glue. These insults STICK to us all. We are all responsible for how we treat each other in person and online. We need to take collective responsibility for the problem... and fix it. Imagine a world filled with compliments... Dreamer! Leader! Thinker! Genius! Star! We the People have the power to change the quality of our public discourse. But it requires us all to choose kindness when faced with contempt. We can do it, DREAMERS! Let's share the wisdom of kindness with our friends, our families, our colleagues, our neighbors... and even... our internet forums!
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 We hear every year that the state of our union is strong. We heard it again this week. What do you think? Does our union feel strong? Does it feel like we are united in our efforts? Here is how George Washington concluded the first State of the Union address back in 1790... "The welfare of our Country is the great object to which our cares and efforts ought to be directed. And I shall derive great satisfaction from a co-operation with you, in the pleasing though arduous task of ensuring to our fellow Citizens the blessings, which they have a right to expect, from a free, efficient and equal Government." Let's try to harness that sense of
satisfaction from cooperation... We the People are responsible for improving the State of our Union together. |
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