Sunday, March 6, 2016

If You Want a Good People, then Facilitate Goodness

   If you want a have a good people, then facilitate goodness. If you want a society with values, give them places to go where those values are offered.
   And, don't stop with church. There are other venues to build. Good music is important. Knowing our heritage is important. Schools are important because education is important. Gyms are important because exercise is important.
   But, some things usually don't have venues. Good, clean humor being among them. We have comedy houses, but not many of which are devoted just to good, clean humor. How about civility? Do we have any place to go where that can be practiced or observed? Would a group in Salt Lake City called the Village Square provide that? I should learn.
  I confess I do not have time to consider more on what characteristics we should be focusing on. Maybe, honesty?  Love? Forgiveness? And, how would we provide those?
   It occurs to me that soberness is a good value, and so we have Alcoholics Anonymous. But, A.A. draws on a ready-made clientele, with people needing a place to go to get sober. Does anyone "need" places to go to get honest, or to learn to love or to forgive?
   If something is important, build a venue for it. Such things as honesty, love and forgiveness are important. I just haven't figured out how to tap into a market, and how to angle the venues.

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