"Talent is God given; be humble.
Fame is man given; be thankful.
Conceit is self given; be careful
Ability is a poor man's wealth"
All truisms of John Wooden. Wisdom can come though the newspaper and no matter what field a person works in. Saints walk among us in plain clothes and angels are everywhere.
The news out of the gulf is changing our society and maybe the tragedy has to be this enormous so our culture understand.
Our way of connecting to each other, environment or the earth will not be the same after this summer. It is a fast movie version of showing our ability to destroy our nest. The earth will recover even is it takes a million year, it is the short life of the current generations that will be killed off, people and animal life.
"I would like this over and to get my life back." That statement from the CEO explained the whole problem. His lack of ability to see beyond his self interest and the complete lack of empathy for the people in the region or the life of the sea.
The lack of empathy for others is the disease or illness of our times. It is all over the political scene, the driver of the economic model and the righteousness of organized, religious power structures of today.
Some thinkers has said people will enter a golden age soon, the gold will be as a compassionate sort but the metal. The flexible will make it to survive, the rigid will have a difficult time.
I look forward to a simpler world.
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