You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step,
Step with care and great tact,
And remember that life’s a great balancing act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will indeed!
98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.
KID, YOU’LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
So….
Be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Brey
Or Mordecai Ali van Allen O’shea,
You’re off to great places
Today is your day
Your mountain is waiting
So… get on your way!
Over the course of this election I think it has become
obviously clear how many birds there are in this great nation. And the truth is
that on the morning after the election, many of those birds are scared and
concerned. We’ve been stepping all over each other. The concerns are real. Be
they democrats, immigrants, rural America, evangelists, poverty stricken
communities, Muslim, Mormon, Atheist, Black, L, G, B, T, Q, or any of the “none
of the above”, they have pleaded their concerns loudly and clearly. Their
concerns are real, they are manifestations of their hearts.
If you voted for Trump, please stand with me and remember
our neighbors, fellow citizens, fathers, mothers, and children who are worried
for their safety and their futures under a Trump presidency – they are
obviously not few in number. Do not ignore them – love them, lift them, reach
out to them. Now is the time for us to be Stronger Together. Now is the time to
Make America Great Again. Stand up for
the times when you said “I may not like “(fill-in-the-blank)”, but I’m
doing this because “Fill-in-the-blank”. Now is the time to stand up to
bigotry, hate, and discrimination. Regardless of the blinders that have been
erected, there are now xenophobes, racists, sexists, and bigots that feel
liberated by this election decision – it is our duty to defy their foolishness
and stand for a greater good. Now is the time to re-balance our love for our
brothers and sisters with the economic agenda we voted for. Now is the time to
be dexterous, deft, empathetic, and kind. Now is the time, more than ever, to
make sure we’re not trampling over the hearts (or the rights) of our fellow
Americans, our brothers and sisters.
The mountains need moving and we will succeed, because
with love it is 98 and ¾% guaranteed. So
no matter your name, culture, or vote, today is your day. Mountains need
moving, let’s get on our way.
