Autonomy and Life

The promise of humanity lies in its bold spirit. We have the ability to think, feel and imagine and to climb the ladder of transcendence. We have the ability to give honest and artful expression to the struggle to matter, to make order, to care.

Yes, we live in irrational and difficult times that have deprived many of their hope for a fine and agreeable life. Yet, this life is ours to design, build and furnish, with wisdom, nerve and heart.

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Just two years back, never would we have thought that the corruption at the highest levels of our trusted institutions would once again precipitate a financial meltdown. Lives have been ruined. Millions of our best, brightest and most reliable are unemployed. Hard working, salt-of-the-earth families are losing their homes. Insecurity, pessimism and fear are commonplace in every single neighborhood.

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