[FRIAM] Sun After the Rain

[Merle Lefkoff]

Wonderful, Frank!  Thanks for sharing.

On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 8:17 AM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> My wife Deborah publishes a weekly message that she sends to family and
> friends.  I thought this week's version might be appropriate for Friam.
>
>
> From: Deborah Wimberly
>
>
> The Weekly Offering: As we anticipate the 4th of July, there is cause for
> concern about so many things.
>
>                                Fireworks
>
>                      The birth of our nation,
>                       the golden idea,
>                       now ravaged by myriad works of deceit
>                       meant to unhinge the bravest among us.
>                       Fireworks could be different this year.
>                       The brilliant illusions might ignite
>                       the eyes, the arms, the heart of a people
>                       in defense of freedom's voice.
>                                                        Deborah Wimberly
>
> Here are some voices that have not been silenced despite the challenges
> they have faced.
>
> "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government
> when it deserves it."
>                       Mark Twain
>
> "The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest,
> truthful, and virtuous."
>                       Frederick Douglass
>
> "In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change
> it."
>                       Barack Obama
>
> "I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility
> that comes with his
> freedom"           Bob Dylan
>
> "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish
> from the Earth."
>                          Abraham Lincoln
>
> "In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved."
>                          Franklin D. Roosevelt
>
> "The advance and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true
> liberty.
>                          James Madison
>
> "The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off."
>                           Gloria Steinem
>
> "I love America better than any other country in this world, and, exactly
> for this reason, I insist on the right to
> criticize her perpetually."        James Baldwin
>
>
> Frank C. Wimberly
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-- 
Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
Center for Emergent Diplomacy
emergentdiplomacy.org
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

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