Where do you start?

“If you stand for nothing…what'll you fall for?”

― Lin-Manuel Miranda

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We have to know where we start

There is a genesis to everything

Every attitude,

Every word

Every act

What if I start with “America First”

Which is the same as “me first”

And perhaps, simply “me”

What if I start with essential selfishness?

Then I fall for fear

And hate

And I fall for those voices that say its “OK”

To hoard, to bully, to exclude

Even to kill

What if I start with the imperative to “Love!”

Love God

Love Self

Love the person next to me, in front of me, behind me

What if?

I can no longer do the same things

Accept the same things
I can no longer create enemies for profit

I can no longer diminish and demean

I can no longer stockpile wealth

And leave the vulnerable, hungry and homeless

There is no question about it

It cannot be denied

We have to stand for something

Or we fall