Looking forward

 


Looking forward is a great thing because very often it allows us to avoid

difficult or unpleasant things, like, falling off a cliff, running into things,

and a whole host of other things of that nature.  Looking behind can

be helpful as well.


This is kind of motivated by the notion of a nation, specifically, the

U.S.A. and looking ahead, hopefully to better times and kind of

what that might mean.  


Certainly, as a nation we have been through some difficulties and

we have seen victory and defeat.  So far I think we have managed

some " forward progress ".   I often think, because of the way our

society has evolved that some of that may be kind of just big

circles that may seem like going forward.  


But I believe in this notion, that people can really govern themselves,

and I also believe that people have the capacity to become better.

Processes can be improved.  Discoveries can be made and shared.

Insights can occur, individually and collectively.


And so, I just have to be hopeful, that this nation, which has

done a bit of stumbling and falling, can look forward to better times,

better ways, and a greater way of life for all the inhabitants of

this amazing hunk of geography. ( aka, your land and my land ).

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