"Do what you can within reach of your arm . . . because anything you touch is
part of a tapestry that reaches far and wide, even unto the highest and
mightiest seats of power."
William Rivers Pitt
Tomorrow is Tuesday and local election day here in Monmouth. I like this quote because it not only comments on the power of the ballot, but also on the importance of each person doing what they can for their community, their state, and their country. Each small effort is a part of the whole whether it is voting, serving on a volunteer committee, or picking up a piece of trash on the street in front of your house.
There is a thing called "the common good" that we seem to be on the verge of losing when only our own comfort and convenience and mindset becomes preeminent.
So think Spring and do vote.
Thomasina in Tom Stoppard's mind bending time warping play, ARCADIA, observes that when you stir raspberry jam into vanilla pudding it will first swirl in streaks but ultimately will turn the entire pudding pink. If you stir the pudding in the opposite direction, the jam will not separate back out again. --LIFE MOVES ONLY FORWARD--NEVER BACK!--
Monday, April 08, 2013
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