Finding wisdom and inspiration

Some days, you just don’t have much to share. This is one of those days for me. I’ve been facing some challenges in the “meat world” as they say, that are related to this awful mess that’s known as our economy. So rather than have anything useful to say myself, I’ve been reading and watching around the tubes.

I know alot of what we read is hard and sometimes negative. But what has struck me in my recent wanderings is the depth of wisdom that’s also out there. So I thought I’d share a little of that with you today. It comes from an interesting mix of sources.

First of all, here’s some truth and perspective from one of our elders. Friday night, Bill Moyers commented on the situation in the Middle East. But its mostly a reminder of who it is that pays the price when “life and death become abstractions of policy.”

If you can’t watch the video, here is a partial transcript (scroll down to the last few paragraphs from Moyers), but it will be hard to get the impact without the visuals.

Next, lets look to a couple of young people for some inspiration. Here’s Andrew Gillum and Alisha Morgan from the Young Elected Officials Network, an organization started by Gillum, the youngest person to ever hold elected office in Tallahassee, Florida.

These young people have faced overwhelming odds already. But as one of them said on a video at the YEON site, the advantage of being young is that you haven’t been schooled yet in the odds of the impossible. So they’re just busy getting it done!

And finally, how about an “awe-shucks” moment from our friends in the animal kingdom? Do we have something to learn from them? Youbettcha!!!!