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Tied Together by the Future

As power, resources and ensuing privilege are increasingly concentrated in the hands of fewer individuals and organizations, it is inevitable that more and more people are going to be marginalized, and left feeling voiceless, hopeless and helpless. What is not so clear is how to overcome this inevitability.
How does one engage the latent, unrealized imagination of a potato-person rooting the discovery of the world in reality TV? How does one go about empowering the subservient masses sitting passively in their pews to begin to seek God for themselves? How does one educate a generation who has never learned to learn for themselves? I mean, they might believe what you say, but that’s actually the problem…they believe anything anyone says.
For this very reason it is vital we reclaim a strong sense of our identity as individuals and as a nation, which is again much easier to say than to do. It is not only advisable, but possibly integral for our survival that those of us with a voice use it to champion those without. This is not only a great place to start and morally the right thing to do; it’s actually in our own best interest to do so.
Many of the challenges and difficulties we face right now in securing a future of peace and hope are man made; we got ourselves into this mess, we can get ourselves out. But only by working together, all of us…working together, recognizing the common ground and shared interests that draw us together, without minimizing or ignoring our differences. We have to learn that empowering someone who has different views and opinions and holds beliefs and values from our own is not a threat to us; that their empowerment does not come at our expense. It is a gross misconception of equality to believe that someone has to lose for someone else to gain; that equality is somehow an unfavorable or unattainable goal. There are countless examples of partnerships, treaties, marriages and organizations where giving up a degree of personal independence increases productivity, freedom and personal fulfillment.
In times of struggle, oppression and tragedy it is rarely government or big business that provides enduring comfort and lasting solutions. It always comes down to people helping people, combining their resources, their talents and abilities and drawing on their combined strengths to survive and overcome adversity together. Our success is tied together as closely as our future.