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LEARNING:
History & Education | August 31, 2005
THE
INDOMITABLE
SPIRIT
OF
PROGRESS
By
Douglas Drenkow, "Progressive
Thinking" As
Posted in "GordonTalk"
and "Comments
From Left Field"
As the very waters that have
infused the splendid city of New Orleans with so much life
throughout her storied history now threaten her very existence,
I am reminded of another great American city that was utterly
devastated nearly a century ago, not by water but by fire.
On April 18, 1906, San
Francisco, as much the jewel of the Pacific Coast as New Orleans
has been of the Gulf Coast, quaked and crashed and burned to the
ground.
"It
was the death of the old city."
And the re-birth of the new.
Like Chicago
before her, San Francisco arose from the ashes an arguably
grander and more vibrant city than before.
During these days when we are inundated
by images from Louisiana, Mississippi, and beyond that threaten
to drown us in depression, let us grieve and pray but also have
hope and faith -- faith in the indomitable spirit of progress
that wells up within every human mind and soul.
We "progressives"
recognize and cherish and nurture the potential within every
individual, community, and nation to advance.
Even if the obstacles sometimes
seem insurmountable.
Help
however you can.
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