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If there's a silver lining to the pieces of sky that have been falling lately, it's that we're all getting the chance to reevaluate our priorities, reassess our lifestyles, and rearrange our cultural living room. We've recently watched the collapse of history's biggest Ponzi scheme, the abrupt fade-out of a brainless "bring it on" attitude in the White House, and (hopefully) the final implosion of the "greed is good" mentality that has so long run Wall Street. I don't mean to be wildly optimistic in the face of so much anxiety, but the last time I used the Karma Calendar app on my iPod, I noticed a remarkable development approaching on the horizon of human events:
The time has come for the meek to inherit the earth.
I sensed this for the first time during President Obama's inaugural speech when he admitted, if I recall correctly, the possibility of making mistakes! I couldn't remember an incoming President expressing that much humility. And his leadership style since has been low on bravado, but still quite ambitious and firm. So far I think he's a pretty good model for the meek in power. Now if we can just find a similar style of leadership for our major financial institutions and automobile manufacturers.
In fact, I think it's time to hand over all the reins of power to the meek. And you know who they are: the drum-makers, single mom novelists, law-abiding(!) bicyclists, cheerful environmentalists (yes, they're rare, but they're out there), attorneys in recovery, street musicians, aikidoists, career transcendentalists, gay ministers, stay-at-home neurobiologists, socially responsible investors, freelance writers, acupuncturists, whole-grain bakers, and... who else? What's your favorite subculture of the meek? You know, these people aren't the first to step forth and speak out on their own behalf, so let's help them claim their place in the sun!
