Social Awareness

Truth, like the sun, is the giver of meaning to all things. It is the light that provides the power to grow. It allows the flower of honesty to bloom and vision of the eagle to soar. Truth is respect. What if lying and deception were to take a long, intruding and darkening arc across the skies and come between mankind and what is real? That would be the eclipse of truth. And what would follow? Reason would wither. Wandering rivers of ideas would dry up. Giving gardens of huma

A young man in his late 20s, emerged from the Chester Q. Binghampton School of Business. He had a mission. His assignment: to approach someone who was “down on his luck”, present the person with a $100 bill and witness whatever happened next. So, he did. In the park across from the building, sitting on a rustic bench and leaning on a grand old tree, was an old man who had seen better days, to be sure. His tattered coat and pants reflected a life that, at least in recent years

Reason is no more, Respect dead. Sympathy dissolved. Courtesy rare. There is separation, ridicule, cheating, insult, derision, dismantled hope, doubt and freezing fear. Take time to put empathetic thought to deed, give care when speaking, help those in need. Have patience when listening, embrace and warm the frail, be wise with your counsel, be fair to yourself when you fail. Encourage the down trodden, lay down arms for peace, know nothing’s for certain, keep wonder in reach