Do you own a bed? Do you have food in your cupboards or food that is easily accessible? Are you able to watch TV? Do you have to swear allegiance to President Obama or anyone else? Can you reasonably go where you want to go? Are you able to believe what you want? These are blessings that not everyone enjoys.
I watched Crossing last night. It’s a Korean film (we watched it with English subtitles). It was brutal; I recommend it to everyone. I think if we all watched it–meaning, everyone in this country–the whole mood of politics would change. We would become so much less greedy and be concerned about so much less. There are people in the world who really are deprived and suffer so much. I am proposing a national day of humility and service: we all watch Crossing and then go out and serve people who really live with very little. Then we can get back to the normal moaning and griping of politics–maybe we’ll be able to tone it down a little. I think we’d be able to really mine through the crap and focus on what we really need and what is really important.
