Good, Nationalism, Religion, and the Dance Hall of the Dead

This will be short. Religion and Patriotism get a bad look when they dance with Nationalism. In this macabre Dance Hall of the Dead and Dangerous Partners, the winner is always that wicked conductor called War. India, Pakistan, Gaza, Israel, Russia, Ukraine and the United States need to switch partners if ever there is to be world peace.

Good is a dance that finds it beat in the heart and moves with the fluid grace necessary to repair and heal division. Good is taking the batteries out of that horrific lock step monster called Nationalism. A great country knows it is great and need not boast just as the good dancer is not counting time but moving with confidence to something deeper. A good religion, it seems loves its neighbor, community, country, and its God. Good is not complicated, only challenging and sometimes hard.

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Having spent my career in human services and organization/systems change, I have come to recognize both the futility of pure anger and the need for a grounded, ethical, moral base for making personal and public decisions that are based on a mature sense of “good”. This website and the content of this project (The Good Decision) are a public service for all who seek more coherent personal lives and a future for future generations in a democracy.
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