What can you do for your future self today?

That’s a very interesting video. I went to a climate change conference about 5-6 years ago, where Arnold Schwarzenegger was one of the many speakers. I was very impressed by what a good speaker he is, how intelligent and informed he is, and how endlessly he works to serve the public. He is devoted to this country, to health and opportunities for children, and to the cause of reversing climate change and its devastation on our natural resources. He was very natural and personable at the conference, and this video is planned and complete with symbols (not quite to my taste), but he made some very good points… one in particular I have been thinking about recently… that of “going along.” Going along is not necessarily agreeing, it can be disagreeing with evils but not having the courage to stand up. For me, this question of whether to keep my head only in gratitude or whether to speak up is clear… gratitude is false if we don’t stand with and for the safety and democracy of all people. Standing up and speaking up does not require aggression, but rather silence and complacency can be accomplice to aggression, as he so deftly points out.