2020- The crux of change

Two conflicting directions and the path Unity can lead us

Imagine a kingdom where the King was chosen by people, an election of sorts, so every man and every woman had a say in who would be trusted to rule the kingdom, protect the people and the Kingdom’s precious natural resources. The Kingdom was rich and for many years the people worked hard, and times were prosperous, so most enjoyed comfortable, if sometimes modest, lives under their chosen Kings and their Courts.

But, over time, more and more of the Kingdom’s wealth went to a small group of citizens while the others worked harder to just live modestly, let alone be comfortable.

So, the citizens chose new Kings, and they chose new Kings, yet ever more of their work, their wealth, went to that same small group. Until the day came when prosperity for the great mass of citizens faded to a memory.

Then along came a man, a flashy man, a man who thought gilt was gold and he promised a desperate populace he could restore all things to their former greatness, end the kingdom’s problems, and many believed his silver-tongued lies.

And when he loudly proclaimed, like a circus barker, that he was the one, the only one, who could solve the Kingdom’s problems but to do that he must be named King and then, like a Pied…