Throughout the 1980's, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. We did not hear enough a...bout how to be a good member of a community, to define the common good and to repair the social contract. And we also found that while prosperity does not trickle down from the most powerful to the rest of us, all too often indifference and even intolerance do.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The danger lies in forgetting what we had. The flow between generations becomes a trickle, grandchildren tape-recording grandparen...ts' memories on special occasions perhaps--no casual storytelling jogged by daily life, there being no shared daily life what with migrations, exiles, diasporas, rendings, the search for work. Or there is a shared daily life riddled with holes of silence.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Because of neglect, Son, though well-forged... in affectionate bonds, Love in time will trickle away like water through cupped hands.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »