I do believe that we can change society for the better. I do not believe these changes can or will come from a government, rather from people with broken hearts.

I don’t understand what government is if it is not “people.” Government is how we, in a civilized society, organize ourselves so that we can act together on common issues. You have sewers because of government, streets because of government, courts because of government, fire fighters because of government. What would modern life be without government.

You can choose to ignore it or distain it. That is your choice. But part of what Obama is doing is waking up many people to the fact that those are not your only choices. You can also choose to engage it, take part in it, use it to build the world we all want future generations to live in.

Yes, our hearts are broken. But institutions are nothing more than broken hearted folk working together to love one another. Or they can be this if we are willing to be a part of them ourselves.

Wake up!

I think that it is extremely important to have someone like Obama in the white house to be words for those who are not able to speak….kind of biblical eh?

I’m not saying that grassroots movements don’t go mainstream. It necessary that they do. (I see Cub Foods now has organic produce.) I’m saying they lose their momentum and potency when their mavens and change-agents move into positions of policy.