Cathedral Thinking on Independence Day
Deep Thoughts on a Shallow Lake
Cathedral Thinking
We need it to put an end to carbon emissions and other pollution.
We need it to adapt to the damage we’ve done, and also to quit the damaging.
We need it in our city government to guide us out of our budget woes.
We need it to elevate our park, and our community.
Without it, we are reduced to small things.
Inconsequential things.
Unimpactful things.
With it, we can achieve the unfathomable.
With it, we can heal the wounds that have dogged us for so long.
With it, we can build a more resilient society.
The democratic experiment we call the United States
was built on cathedral thinking.
Working towards a goal much further in the future than any human lifespan.
Designed to evolve with the people that animate and inhabit the community.
And in this moment, where we are
testing the value and validity of all that
In so many ways…
Happy Independence Day