Vertebrae

The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.   This quote from Richard Rohr has been with me for the last 3-4 years, and it pops into my head at the most random of times. Anytime I bump into a critical thought in my head, or hear a friend frustrated with something.   The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.   Now, of course, the easiest thing to do is to distance yourself from something and shoot flaming arrows at it. It’s never been easier to be critiquing things from the bleachers. And the frustrating thing about social media is that these armchair experts get a lot of traction.    There’s no question that people are frustrated with what’s going on… And more specifically the young folks in this country with what we’re inheriting… I don’t know about you, but I was promised that if I just go to college, assume 6-figures of debt before I can even legally drink a beer, and then follow my dreams! Everything will be fine!    Deeply nested in my upper-middle-class, white America