A little wisdom please. -– Rock The Wrinkle

If you’re a boomer and beyond, you’ve learned a lot in your life. I hope you are still learning. None of us knows everything, has been everywhere, or experienced everything. We’re babes in the woods for sure. Yet for the most part, we are now wise enough to understand that, and admit we know more than we used to, but not all we should.

So in the spirit of how age can be a great teacher, I implore you: share your smarts. Be wise around younger people. Don’t fall prey to all the crazy, ignorant, harmful rhetoric that’s out there right now.

Seriously. Things are ugly. Insults are flying and forth. Violence erupts without warming on the highways. People are shunning neighbors and relatives because their beliefs are so far apart.

Let’s not fuel it any further.

Instead, let’s step back. Breathe. Meditate. Take a walk. Let a moment pass without making it worse.

We can disagree. We can decry what’s become of our political landscape. We can engage in spirited debate.

But let’s stop the hate. It’s not helping. And it’s a bad lesson to be passing on to the younger generations.

Your opinions on this message are welcome. Maybe you have some thoughts on how to calm things down a bit.

Remember The Youngbloods? Then you’ll remember this song….

Get Together

Love is but a song we sing

Fear’s the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Though the bird is on the wing
And you may not know why

Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Some may come and some may go
He will surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass

Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

If you hear the song I sing
You will understand, listen
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It’s there at your command

Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

I said come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Right now
Right now

What do you say? Let’s give it a shot.