From the mind of critic: “If we learn from past mistakes, are we guaranteed a better future? If we can’t change those past mistakes, does recognizing them alone ensure they aren’t made again? Does all the promise of a new year, wipe out all the lies and dishonesty of the previous year? Part of changing our reactions instead of attempting to change events, is not changing our past but our reactions to them, so we start living that better future now. That way when the future does get here, we’ll simply be refining our reactions withing our continued conscious evolution, instead of playing catch up because of our long time unconscious decision making. If we want to keep taking 2 steps forward and one step back, instead of the other way around as we move into the future, humanism, accountability and kindness must be our focus points; not only for ourselves because that’s where it starts, but also for our elected officials, especially for our elected officials. This isn’t a liberal or conservative thing, it’s called being against corruption, violence and elitism. Learning from our past mistakes, also means learning from our present ones so we don’t keep making them into the future. We will have that better future, when we stop blinding ourselves presently.” 🙂