Changing the Script

Times are changing. Although they may seem the same – celebrity news, weather, sports, music industry, entertainment news, scrubby politicians, corrupt politics, nasty business exposed everywhere – one might think that nothing much has changed.

I think those thinkers would be wrong. Are wrong.

Here are some tell tale signs that things are different.

~Food kitchens are multiplying; Americans can now see hungry people who need help; and they are responding

~Schools are in the news because of what the community wants as results; not worn out complaints of lackluster teachers, bored classrooms filled with underachieving kids; no, schools are in the news that demonstrate what can be done with new models of education centered on student interests and dreams of the future

~Nuclear weapons globally are declining in number; it has taken some generations but the statistics are finally showing the desired results. Steadily

~Middle Eastern nations are joining forces to protect themselves and their oil fields from rebel forces; regardless of tribes, religions, royal or commoner class, they are joining hands to manage toward peace

~Scientific discovery is multinational. In America Argonne Lab, Fermilab, and many university campuses have joined in mutual exploration of science unknowns and reveled in the joint discovery of new facts and futures. The Cern Super Collider lab is a global joint venture in harnessing science for the good of the global community

~More new car models are all-electric or super efficient hybrids. The eventual demise of the internal combustion engine and its terrible pollution and energy waste is dimly seen in our future

~Addictions are seen as undesirable results of causes that can be addressed. We do not have to write off generations of our youth to the scourge of drug or alcohol self-abuse

~Community life is generally understood today to be the result of people sharing their lives and activities and working toward common goals. Fewer communities are allowing their futures to be left in the hands of self-interested politicians and business interests

~Economics belongs to investors, managers and laborers. It is the combine of their value that makes good things happen. Jobs, standards of living and the yearning of future dreams finally are coming together as they should

~Housing is not viewed as a commodity as it once was. It is a product/service model that flexes with time and human need. This alone will redefine real estate sales, product development, land use, and infrastructure design for generations to come

~Global peace is building, hopefully toward an unstoppable future. Bad guys and nations still exist but they are more and more isolated. The larger family of nations works together toward global goals of peace and achievement for shared standards of living. Decency is building.

These are a few things to ponder. Each has a story, a history line. These are the news items that are building weight and trajectory. Each alone is a powerful and good thing. But taken together there is a pulse of common interest that is pulling us onto a new path.

Where that path leads is yet unknown. Hope, however, beckons that the path is a healthy one we can nurture to health and fullness.

This is the change in script we all need. It is real. It is building. It brings its own possibilities that we can all identify with. And work for.

If we focus on these things, the script will be well written by all of us. And the naysayers will be a persistent noise in the background but lessening hour by hour. They will be drowned out, muffled, by the masses who yearn for a better tomorrow.

Working together we can make good things happen. Yes. The script has changed. Because you wanted it. We wanted it.

April 20, 2015