A Change is Gonna Come - Juneteenth

 Sending love today

to those 

of all races and traditions

who celebrate

our first official 

national demarcation of the day

that 'peculiar institution' - 

that most soul-consuming, damning 

of original sins

died.

So much work lay ahead; 

a holiday is but a way-point,

not the goal. 

But we stop at that way-point

and honor the work, 

the challenges. 

the sacrifices to get there,

and from there to here,

and prepare for the challenges that lay ahead 

as far ahead as the eye can see.   

It's been a long time coming ...

Wishing all a beautiful, thoughtful

Juneteenth. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zDeBIA-vQ8

Change - Superficial and Systemic

The more intensely one believes that a change they've made, or an experience they have undergone:

• Quitting alcohol or drugs
• Becoming religious, or changing religions 
• Near-death experience
• College degree

has fundamentally changed their nature, making them unique, special, and somehow superior -- the less likely any fundamental change has actually occurred.