2012 and the Next Big Thing

" Often I think of the beautiful town, 

That is seated by the sea. "

Longfellow

" In all things in nature

there is something of the marvelous. "

Aristotle

" The best place to seek God is in a garden.

You can dig for him there. "

George Bernard Shaw

What do you want for this child? For yours?

Shall she enter the banquet?

" In recent years, 

seemingly technical  economic questions

have crowded out questions of justice 

and the common good. 

 I think there is growing sense to many societies

that GDP and market values

do not by themselves

produce happiness or a good society."

Michael J. Sandel

Harvard political philosopher

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We are accustomed to thinking

of the 'next big thing'

as a medical or techno breakthrough. 

 I have an inkling what the NBT will be like,

and I want to share it with you:

The Next Big Thing 

(Breakthrough) 

will not be scientific

or tech.

Rather It will be of the heart.

 it will be sociological,

psychological,

spiritual,

'common sense'

The next big breakthrough

will fix the problems

of all the other passed

Next Big Things.

The next big breakthrough

will be citizens waking up

to all that they share,

and all they have invested

in each other.

All over the world.

"Leaders'

will go the way of the dinosaurs.

It won't take a revolution

or guns.

The NBT will be you and me

trusting one another;

The NBT

will commence

the healing of the world.

Some will call it

"The Kingdom."

Some will merely say:

"It's about TIME!"

What say YOU? Tell us in comments!

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