a few observations

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I thought it was a good thing for Obama to meet with Republicans and take their questions.  While many pundits called this Obama in the lion's den, it reminded me more of Christ going to the temple.

In order for our country to survive, we have to work together.  It's not enough to have the votes to pass or block something.  That kind of control only allows one group to get its way.

What is really necessary for us is for all sides to work in concert to make the world better.  That occasionally means moving a little off your position so all sides can come together to move forward.

As several of us often told a particular congressman we worked for: "What difference does it make if your position is right when you are the only person standing in the room?"

I hope that Obama cntinues to reach out to Republicans and tea baggers and everyone else to find plans that work to restore our nation and our world.

I also hope that these opposition groups have the courage to let their desire for what's best for us to move ahead of their pride and "my way or the highway" attitude.

We all have to play together in this sandbox. If we don't , the sand will fly and we'll be left with nothing.

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I am remembering one of the greatest spiritual leaders of all time today. Gandhi was a master practicioner of non-violence.  Martin Luther King, Jr. took Gandhi's ideas and turned them into the Civil Right's Movement of the 50's and 60's.

Gandhi's spiritula influence cannot be over simplified.  He refused to let creed or religious ideology get int e way of reminding everyone that regardles of race or creed or religious beliefs, we are all children of God.

He may have expressed this thought best when he said "One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's."

How true.  So many of us get caught up in the belief that our way of faith is the only true way, that all others are false and must be brought into our fold, lest their souls be lost.

How arrogant of any man to say that his or her way to God is the only way. 

The sad part is so many chuches and faiths spend most of their time not feeding the poor, healing the sick, taking care of those who cannot care for themselves; instead they spend untold riches building monuments not to God, but to their particular faith.  From the way churches build, you'd think the only way to God is through a building - the bigger the better.

There are two examples of churches living over their menas right now - Rick Warren's Sadleback Church and Robert Schuller's church in LA.

Both have massive debt and are cutting back programs and laying off people to staunch the flow of red ink.

If we spent more time and money caring for our fellow man instead of fighting each other like Crusaders, our world would be in a better place.

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I'm waiting patiently for my iPad.  If it's Apple, I want it. I love my iPhone (most of the time) and love my laptop.
 
As someone who was an Apple employee when Jobs was CEO and when Scully took over I can say the Jobs years were the most exciting and productive.


Thinking and evangelizing and innovating were the top priority.

Thank God we have people like Jobs who continue to think and dream and execute their dreams.

Just think of the great things that could be accomplished if more companies encouraged people like Jobs.
 
We have become a nation of the status quo.  Imagine what would happen if we lsited to Jobs.  His inspiration and "go do it" attitude could be the spark to bring the US into another Golden Age.
 
We need more leaders like Jobs. 
 
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