Recently I completed the books  “Capitalism,” The Unknown Ideal:  by  Ayn Rand and “Winners Take All” The Elite Charade: by Anand Giridharadas.   Many of us take certain things in life for granted with assumptions placed on our individual intellects. Subduing our emotions to the humdrum of —-“That’s just the way life is.” Thoughts are the seeds of the imagination, but complacency is the unplugged hole in a sinking ship.    Many of us don’t read, especially about history. For myself, I will never be too old to learn to understand, as I flower from season to season, soaking up the wisdom of life. I read to gain knowledge, thereby putting the critical bugs of life into perspective.  In the soil of things, I feel compelled to share, planting seeds, for open minds to water.  i.e.

 In 1917 the year my mother was born, the Russians were demanding land and freedom, but they got Lenin and Stalin. In 1933 two years before my brother Nathaniel was born, the Germans were demanding room to live, but what they got was Hitler. While Africans were being transported to North America in 1793, the French were shouting for liberty, equality, and fraternity, but what they got was Napoleon. In 1776, Americans were proclaiming citizens’ rights and achieved it by severing political ties with Great Britain, and the Declaration of Independence was signed. However, slavery existed for nearly another 100 years. In 2008, America elected a Black as President and he, Obama again in 2012.  However, then complacency set in.  The hole in the ship remained unplugged, and we got Trump.  Reading is Fundamental.

By ignoring the noise in the wall, the rat will someday get in the closet, in the pantry, and soon may nibble at your feet.  “Each one teach one.” African American proverb. It started in the church.