The sounds of silence so comforting to hear where visions of my past appear so often. We should all remember the tranquility of those simpler days when we had seasons in the sun. Rita, Ann, Mary-Lou, and Sue were just a few of the girls I once knew. The games we play is where innocence was shown. Now that I have reached the fall of my years, I still remember those goodbye days. Fortunate to have traveled the world and seen the world with so many different eyes.
The world has changed so many times since I was young. Those simpler days of yesteryear are now more complicated. The complexity of life is a source of so much concern. But, throughout all my years of going from caviar and eating humble pie, I always remember those days when we frolicked in the sun. It’s so sad that we let those days turn into a more sinister and darker world. Today, our leaders have demonstrated loyalties, making it nearly impossible for each of us to have seasons in the sun.
Through the years since I was young, I have lived through the good and the bad. Many tears were shed When I was young I thought I had all the answers. It wasn’t until many years later that I realized how many times I had been wrong. I have performed many functions throughout my life. As a student, athlete, teacher, coach, businessman, politician and writer. It seems I have completed the circle. It’s a shame that more people stop learning once they reach a certain point. We should all be students throughout our lives. If we do just that, perhaps today’s world is a more stable and peaceful place.
When we have leaders who think they know all the answers, aka Trump, and they disprove elements of factual information, the world becomes a more dangerous place. The times we live in today are testimony to what our leaders have not done and are continually doing. In all my travels around the world where so much poverty, horrible living conditions in the middle of the mud of human waste, the nauseating stench of human existence in so many places is inescapable. The political will to save human dignity in all corners of the world has been grossly neglected. The powers that be are deaf to the cries of the impoverished crowds.
As I’ve gotten older, where gray has turned white, the sadness of the times, even at this time of year when it should be the most wonderful time, has turned into the opposite. Our leaders today remain attached to courses of inaction. As humanity’s plight grows, the lingering hope for better and safer days appears to be a forgotten dream for millions of people. The reality I fear is that the changes needed to usher in a more benevolent world where empathy and not apathy is bestowed upon humanity will require a catastrophic cataclysm of disasters to finally get it right.
They say that the future is not promised to anyone. However, our destiny is in our hands. The decisions we make will dictate our future. And, only through a constant evolution of learning can we make the right decisions that will preserve our heritage, restore human dignity, and ensure a quality of life unparalleled in human history. But today, with America so divided and without the ingredients that would unite this nation, the political will to do so remains so elusive.
In all those previous years, much could have been done, and in many cases, through the development of better technologies, medical advances, and scientific wonders made human existence more bearable. However, with everything that was devised by man, many are still unable to access everything that was developed. Inequalities have only increased with each passing decade. With growing inequality, there is great animosity that further increases the tensions and frustrations of a growing audience. The divisions we are experiencing today are a net result of our leaders’ failure to implement policies that would close the gaps for the largest wealth disparity in our history.
We can’t get back to the days when I was young. But what we must do is make sure that the times we live in today and tomorrow in the future is to realize how far we have drifted away from the safety of the family unit, the sanctity of life and the dignity that we deserve. . every human. Once we realize this, we can begin to implement the reforms that would return us to a more benevolent society where compassion, humility, and humanity prevail in all aspects of our lives.