Apple picking with my wife on a brilliant fall day, christening my neighbor’s wood burning oven with pizza one week and a full Sunday dinner the next, clamming on the mud flats of midcoast Maine as temperatures continue to fall, and cobbling leftovers together to make meals at other times. And a trip across a swath of southeast Asia, eating from food stalls in Singapore and private dining rooms in Jakarta. And all of this amid kind, welcoming people who defy our poisonous president’s attempts to vilify people and divide us from our neighbors.
My ambition to change the world diminishes as I witness some of the extraordinary work done by inventors and scientists, doctors and policy makers, poets and musicians, all motivated to make the world, or just our community, a better place. And so many of these efforts, gestures, are small. A non-profit board meeting yesterday and someone brings cookies which he makes every time we get together. The hosts of our regular poker party make snacks that meet the mood of the times, ghoulish Halloween treats included.
We need presidents and prime ministers who make treaties that improve the lives of people, recalibrate our energy consumption habits, and promote peace. Equally important are the steps you and I make to comfort a friend, help a neighbor, share with our family. Our being, our strength, is nourished by this. Always
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