‘We need words and acts of wisdom, ethics, and compassion, from our leaders’ Cindy Knoke
We need words and acts of wisdom, ethics and compassion, from our leaders now more than ever. Since this is utterly lacking, take heart from the words of a truly gifted leader that could never be more relevant than today.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
“Letter from Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963
“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.”
“I Have a Dream”, Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
My heart breaks for George Floyd, his family, and our country. Are we not better people than this?
There are no cheers…
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I’m seeing alot of MLK posts lately. I know it’s so goddamned ugly Rob, but the purge is on, and that fascist wannabe dicktator will get his Karma.<3
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Another terrific post from Cindy. I missed this one. Thanks for sharing it, Rob. Hugs on the wing.
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Thanks Teagan. I know you’ve seen this post, but check it out on #DemCast. Small accomplishments mean a lot these days. https://demcastusa.com/2020/06/02/one-nation-under-attack/
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Yes, I saw that, Rob. The bizarre combination comes into my mind — of the taunt “lair, liar pants on fire!” and the determined denial of so many people. They’d deny it if their pants literally were on fire…
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Elections have consequences, I didn’t know the systematix destruction of our government was one of them. I don’t understand.
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My oh my, do we need a leader, Robert. We’ve needed one for over 3 years. I won’t go off on a Trump rant, but do I ever miss Obama. I could cry. A great post from Cindy. Let’s just hope that as a nation and world we come through this having learned something and resolved to work for a wiser, kinder future. ❤ Be well, my friend. ❤
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We have a history of collapse and renewal. Sometimes it’s the only way to move forward. I remain hopeful.
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I’m so glad to hear it, Robert. Yes, sometimes things need to get really bad in order to get people motivated to make them better. ❤
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We’ve had dark times. They’re opportunities for us to work harder to improve out country and our lives.
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Let us hope the dream is still alive. I was shocked to the core by what I saw .
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It is. But keeping a dream alive takes work.
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Very well said.
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We have had great leaders in the past, men of integrity and honor. Now we have little men who lack both attributes and are evil in their intent.
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Well, mostly just one and the bottom feeders he came with. We have extraordinary leaders of vision and compassion in thd United States. Any of the top contender sn the democratic primary would have made a splendid President. What have we learned from this? A man with charisma and no moral center makes a toxic leader..
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True, there are still a few apt leaders. In Trump, I see no charisma; just a bully with no sense of humor or honor who resorts to terror tactics.
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I’ve seen a few posts similar to this, quoting Martin Luther King and each time I find myself thinking why is it his words are still so relevant today – why haven’t we listened and learned?
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I think we have changed things. Just four short years ago, Barack Obama was still making history, less than five years ago we celebrated the right to a same sex marriage. We didn’t expect a world leader of Putin’s stature to launch a military strike in the form of a psychological attack on civilians, though I can’t imagine why. Take hope, the world is more enlightened than Putin’s cynical propaganda wants us to think it is.
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Thank you so much for this post, Rob!
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It’s like a burst of hope!
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The protesting is getting out of hand and some people took the opportunity to be looting!
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Yes. We have bad actors taking advantge of a tragedy to sow chaos and fear. It’s so painful.
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The Covid is not helping. People just try to take advantage and go out to cause trouble. It’s sad.
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It’s frustrating, Miriam, and for empathetic people it’s painful.
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I know, the news said the looting is organized. They made fause call on 911, distracting the police, that a while bunch of people looted the stores. It’s so sad.
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Awwww. Thank you Robert. I am so lucky to have you for a friend.
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This essential work ATM. I’m glad you wrote it and I can share it. 🙂
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Thank you for posting these immortal words by a great leader, so relevant today!
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I love Cindy’s blog, you’re welcome!
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Absolutely!
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