Failing Up
Life is improvisation! Observations from a regular guy on how with world around us impacts who we are and what we perceive. I explore how life is more about asking questions than accepting what is presented. In addition to my own reflections and experiences, I interview guests from the art, literary, music, cultural and political fields to gain insight as to how we all impact the world we share and our joint realities.
We are all failing up!
Failing Up
Our Better Angels
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In his 1861 inaugural address, with a country divided Abraham Lincoln provided a famous closing quote that is as applicable now as it was then: ""We are not enemies, but friends...The mystic chords of memory...will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."
There will come a time when labels will not matter, but the betterment and care for our neighbors will. The framework of our democracy will. Oh, we will still disagree, but we will argue under one united overarching framework. War is not sustainable, corruption is not sustainable, lies are not sustainable, hate is not sustainable, only the courage to love is. Crisis brings people together, we have all witnessed unselfish acts of courage and caring in crisis. I have no doubts, that the better angels of our nature will once again touch is all.
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