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History says don't hope
On this side of the grave
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme

-- Seamus Heaney
 “TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

-- Howard Zinn
 My goal here is to observe history in the past and in the making; to provide some insight for myself and others on this crazy world; and to write it down as a narrative that may be scary but also beautiful. My hope is that the tidal wave of justice will rise up; that hope and history will rhyme. Or, as Howard Zinn said, that we may send "this spinning top of a world in a different direction."
 

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