it’s the moment for the next installation of I wish I could show you the astonishing light of your being… Once again, it’s an honor to celebrate you of the visionary spirit, you who share so generously the energy of beloved community, the spirit of the only true power, the medicine of unconditional love… you who gather together across the planet to welcome the stranger, to speak truth to false power, to stand for equality, liberation, justice and peace… you who light up all our relations with staying true and standing strong in wisdom and love… you who embody the wisdom of the great sage, Howard Zinn…

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 a small 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.

 thank you for the astonishing light of your being…