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A couple of weeks ago I was the designated greeter at the Lafayette Rotary Club. The greeter greets everyone who arrives and provides a thought for the day. I discovered one that is now affixed to my refrigerator door. I've wrestled with whether to send it to you ever since.
Last night's Oakland Speaker's series tipped the scale in favor of sharing it this morning. A former prime minister of England, David Cameron, gave the most inspiring lecture I've ever heard. He warned us of the growing trend toward populism and totalitarian rule and the threat posed to democracy, compassion and empathy.
We find ourselves in a struggle for universal human and moral values and against meism. We need more recruits to "Get Off the Couch and Into the War for Hearts and Minds". (Sorry - I couldn't resist using the title of my book). That is, by the way, the primary reason I wrote it.
I now conclude every presentation with the following:
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Barak Obama
More to follow soon -- soon being a relative concept.
Budd
ps If you could use some relief from the news see the movie Game Night. Uncontrollable laughter guaranteed. Go soon before it leaves the theaters.
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