April 20th, 2025
Imagine Who We Can Be – Brave Enough to Be the Light
“When the day comes, we step out of the shade,
Aflame and unafraid.
The new dawn blooms as we free it,
For there is always light,
If only…
March 20th, 2025
Imagine Who We Can Be – Ultra-Marathoners
The ultra-marathon I invite us to imagine is not one that requires us to run an extraordinary distance or time. It is an ultra-marathon to defend our democracy at this moment and for the future.
Just as it takes extraordinary endurance to run an ultra-marathon,…
February 20th, 2025
Imagine Who We Can Be – Moral Beauty and Collective Effervescence
We are more than we think we are!” Yo-Yo Ma shared that perspective during an interview with Fresh Air host, Terry Gross, on May 29, 2024.
This perspective reflects the new theme for my blog this year: Imagine Who We Can Be.
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January 20th, 2025
Imagine Who We Can Be
Four years ago on this date, I celebrated the inauguration of President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris by launching Who We Can Be.
I have now changed the title of my blog posts to Imagine Who We Can Be.
In…
December 20th, 2024
We Can Be People Who Imagine
As we bring 2024 to a close, I invite us to be people who imagine – not the worst that is possible but the best.
In the Foreword to the book Imagine, Yoko Ono wrote about her late husband’s song. She said that John “wrote…
November 20th, 2024
We Don’t Give Up
The concession speech of Kamala Harris on November 6 inspired me to write my own version of the Serenity Prayer which I will share at the end of today’s post.
First, I want to remind you of some of the words by Kamala Harris that…