Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Reformation Vs Revolution

If I were to ask you about the state of America what would you say? If I were to ask you about the condition of the State in which you live in, what would you say? If I were to ask you about the shape of your town, what would you say? If I were to ask you about the shape of home what would you say?

Would you say that it is time for a revolution or a reformation? I think it is time that we go through a reformation in the United States. Not just go through, but to initiate. If we are going to start a reformation we need to know what it means. The definition of reformation that I think fits here is: “rescuing from mistake and returning to a just track”.

All of this means that we will need to put in something that most of us have very little of and that is time. We need to put in the time to be aware of where we have gone off course, because when we find where we have strayed and correct ourselves we can better see what is happening in our homes, towns, states and country.

“More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much” P.T. Barnum

Call to Action
1) To use a sports metaphor, we need to ‘get back to the basics’, you know this is a ball, this is a bat, etc. Why was this Country founded?
2) In order to get back to the right track we need to understand the ‘track’ we were on. Start at the beginning, what ideas, concepts, and beliefs was this Country founded on.
3) Know your history? That means being able to read history from a number of prospectives or as my father-in-law always said, you will end up with “his story”.

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