“He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.” – George Bernard Shaw

Years from now, if my grandchildren approach me and say,

“Grandpa, why did America fail?  Why would you allow it?  It seems to us that, if the People had the ability to vote their course, they would choose to vote for one that would allow the collective Us to live, to survive, to excel.  So why didn’t you do that?  Tell us Grandpa, what can we do to prevent making the same mistake?”

I know what I will say:

My young cherubs, this is a good question, and you are wise to seek the answer.  Make no mistake, the answer I give you today is worthy of putting in the annals of history.  For we must learn from our mistakes if we are to grow, if we are to be successful, if we are to live to reach our proper destiny.  Our individual lives are short and, as such, we must listen to our ancestors if we are to hear our soul… if the collective Us is to mature.  We must slow down enough to study them and then quiet ourselves enough to hear them.  We must acknowledge that we are but a child of them.  We must leave our arrogance, cast away our desire to be right, and admit that we are ignorant.  Only then will we see the light, the path forward… only then will we truly learn.  And lastly, we must have the courage to apply what we discover to our present.

These are not simple tasks, for they go against our nature.  I warn you, the odds of you being able to do this are set against you.