On this Tragic Day in #BatonRogue: Brief Personal Thoughts

It has been a dark day in America as three cops fell as they were doing their job protecting the citizens of Baton Rogue, Louisiana.    As I supported @DailyOutsider earlier with a View of the Week, for me this was personal in many ways I remember how cops talked about how they expected the worst and hoped for the best.   It should not have to be that way.   They are us--and we have to remember that.    I understood this ever more when I had the pleasure to attend my City's Citizens Academy.

After Dallas,   I made it a point of reaching out to my local Police Leadership team underscoring how an attack on one Cop is an attack on us all.    As the Police Commissioner of New York noted, we live in perilous times and it is a very complex place--talk is not enough.  We have to go beyond it.   I also note how Commissioner noted how we have to stop talking past each other.    We have to also think about Guns in this Country--the idea of an AR-15 being legal is just beyond the pale to me. 

We can, shall and will overcome.

Working Away w/Brief Thoughts.....

It was a horrific week in our World with the attack in Nice on Bastille Night.   It was also even more horrific to be witness to the coup in Turkey and the aftermath.     The reports of mass arrests and purges in the aftermath of the coup have been even more horrific with some images coming out of Turkey that are just too gruesome to observe.

As I reflected upon this, I ran across this that speaks volumes: 


When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate. ~ Ann Landers

So much to be thankful for indeed....Onward to the new week with all its' possibilities...

Working Away w/Brief Thoughts For the Week......

It was quite a historical day as Britain changed Prime Ministers.   It is always fun to be witness to history.      This is as Our World continues to be  faced with profound challenges in our World.    A sense of being grateful again was brought home as I listened to this latest +TED talk from this brave soul from Syria:


The extent of the devastation is simply too shocking to embrace and understand.  I never thought about how Architecture laid the foundation for War.    

When will we have the courage to transform our thinking?    Can we, though?