Earth is what we all have in common.

Yet here we are, Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump trying to slice it up as if it were cake, salivating over the potential of real estate and resources. Oh, include Elonia Muskrat, the tech bros, and the oil-igarchs in on the carving of those commodities. Collectively, they have no respect for the planet–and a complete disregard for the people!

Russia, Israel, and now the United States are the bullies of the world. They see people as assets to be exploited in the labor market or liabilities to be eliminated by denying them food, shelter, and access to healthcare.

The Earth will keep spinning until one of these madmen blows it off its axis. Until then, our only hope is solidarity. We must come together, smile at each other, and try to love one another. Right now!

We are the change we seek in the world and the answer to each other’s prayers. Every religion and philosophy has its own version of The Golden Rule: treat others as you’d like to be treated. Think how much better the world would be. We have more in common than not.

How do we start? How do we begin to overcome the darkness that Trump, the dictators, and oligarchs have unleashed? Come on people now. SMILE.

Smile at your brother, your mother, your neighbors, your co-workers with Strength, Mercy, Integrity, Love, and Empathy. It begins with a SMILE.

Come on now. Listen to the Youngbloods, and let’s get together.

Loquaciously,

LB