To The Church of Obstruction

Sometimes ...

It Seems 'Easier' ...
To Just Say: 'Nay'
Than To Chip-In ...
And Help

Sometimes ...

It Seems 'Simpler' ...
To Stand Still
Than To ...
Move On

Sometimes ...

It Seems 'Rosier' ...
To Return To ...
A 'Rose-Colored' Past
Than To Build ...
A More Vibrant
Future

Sometimes ...

We Obstruct Change ...
Because Change Seems ...
'Fearful'

Sometimes ...

We Obstruct Change ...
Because We Are ...
'Comfortable' ...
Where We Are Now

Sometimes ...

We Obstruct Change ...
Because It ...
'Might' ... Be ...
'TOO'
'Costly'

And Sometimes ...

We Obstruct Change ...

Just Because:

"Millennials, ... Am I Right?"

(: THAT ... Was A ... 'JOKE' ! :)

(: Maybe You Didn't ... 'Get It' ... Because: ...
Well ...
" It's a 'Generational Thing' "

OK, Now ... Boomer?

OK, Now ... Millennial?

We Good? :)

But MOST Times ...

We Obstruct Change ...

Just SO ...

THAT WE

CAN BE

¡ 'RIGHT' !

(: Am I Right? :)

But Change ...
Is Inevitable

And Change ...
Can Quite Possibly ...
Even ... BE ...
--- FOR ---
¡ 'THE BEST' !

But We Delay ...
Reaching
Our Best Changes
By Clinging ...

--- SO ---

--- DESPERATELY ---

To The Past ...

And By FIGHTING ...

TO DEFEND ...

THAT PAST ...

With Tooth ...

And With ...

¡ Nine ... Inch ... Nails !

... The Past ...

¡ Is Dead !

But It Is STILL ...
Borne Forward ...
By ...
¡ "The Walking ... Dead" !

This Is NOT To Say ...
That We Should Merely 'Bury' ...
The 'Dead' Past ...

For There Is Still ... MUCH ...
To Learn There
There Is Still ... MUCH ...
That We May Have Overlooked
And There Is STILL ...
MUCH ... GOOD ... THERE!

But There Is Also ... MUCH ...
That Is Holding Us Back
And Preventing Us
From Moving Forward
And From Addressing
The Issues ...

That We NEED To Address ...

--- IN THE PRESENT TIME ---

¡ MOST !

¡ VERY !

¡ URGENTLY !

WE ...

"Tried Some Things Out"

In The Past

Some of Which ...

Worked

And Some of Which ...

Didn't

So In The PRESENT ...

We NOW Need ...

To Separate ...

The Wheat ...

From The Chaff ...

¡ OF OUR OWN PAST !

In My 'Humble' 'Opinion' ...

(: a.k.a: 'IMHO' :)

I Think That ... 'Climate Change' ...

Is THE CHANGE ...

That We NEED TO ADDRESS ...

MOST URGENTLY ...

¡ Right Here !

¡ Right Now !

For The Waters Have Grown ...

And Are Growing ...

And If We Don't Start ...

Swimmin'

Soon ...

It Will Be TOO LATE ...

To Prevent ...

¡ A Drowning !

But There Is Also ...
Another Kind of 'Climate' ...

That Has Gotten ...
'Too Hot To Handle' ...
Lately ...

And We 'May' Have ...
To Address ...
THIS ... One ...
--- BEFORE ---
We Can Adequately Address ...
The Other ...

And THAT 'Climate' IS:

"The Climate of ...
--- 'Civil' ---
Discourse"

Which Is Fractured
And Splintered
And Often ...
Vicious
And Vile

So Let's Just ...

... COOL ...

... THINGS ...

¡ DOWN !

¿ Shall We ?

Let's ...

"Lower The Thermostat"

On ALL ...

Of OUR 'Climates' ...

And TRY To DISCUSS ...

THE CHANGES ...
THAT WE SO DESPERATELY ...
--- NEED ---
TO MAKE ...

In A SANE ...
And RATIONAL
Manner

... Drawing On The Findings of ...
--- SCIENCE ---
( When They Apply )

And With ...
"Constructive Brainstorming"
Between ... ALL ... 'Sides' ...

In Order To ... 'Discover' ...
The BEST ...
Possible
Changes
That We Can POSSIBLY ...
MAKE ...

Given Our Current Understanding ...

And Knowledge

So ...

WHAT ... DO ... YOU ... SAY?

Can We Give It A TRY?

¿ Sound Like a Plan ?
¿ Sound Like a Plan ?

¿ Whaddya Say ?
¿ Whaddya Say ?

¡ Be a Sport !
¡ Be a Sport !

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Bob Dylan

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Maybe They Are A-Changin' ...

¡ Right Before Our Eyes !

¡ LISTEN !

Come Gather 'round People
Wherever You Roam

And Admit That The Waters
Around You Have Grown

And Accept It That Soon
You'll Be Drenched To The Bone

If Your Time To You Is Worth Savin'...

Then You Better Start Swimmin'...
Or You'll Sink Like A Stone

For The Times ... They Are ... A-Changin'

Come Writers and Critics
Who Prophesize With Your Pen

And Keep Your Eyes Wide
The Chance Won't Come Again

And Don't Speak Too Soon
For The Wheel's Still In Spin

And There's No Tellin'
Who That It's Namin'

For The Loser Now
Will Be Later To Win

For The Times ... They Are ... A-Changin'

Come Senators, Congressmen
¡ PLEASE Heed The Call !

Don't Stand In The Doorway
Don't Block Up The Hall

For He That Gets Hurt
Will Be He Who Has Stalled

There's A Battle Outside Ragin'

It'll Soon Shake Your Windows
And Rattle Your Walls

For The Times ... They Are ... A-Changin'

Come Mothers and Fathers
Throughout The Land

And Don't Criticize
What You Can't Understand

Your Sons and Your Daughters
Are Beyond Your Command

Your Old Road Is Rapidly Agin'

Please Get Out of The New One...
If You Can't Lend Your Hand

For The Times ... They Are ... A-Changin'

The Line It Is Drawn
The Curse It Is Cast

The Slow One Now
Will Later Be Fast

As The Present Now
Will Later Be Past

The Order Is Rapidly Fadin'

And The First One Now
Will Later Be Last

For The Times ... They Are ... A-Changin'

The Changes ...

Are A-Changin' ...

Faster Now

¿ Don't You Think ?

¡ SWIM !