In our culture today a fairly common form of dismissive communication is to be called “woke”. It seemed interesting to look back over history to others who in their day might have earned this distinction.
For many Americans these appear to be challenging times. For some these may be the most challenging of our lifetime but all generations face their limit conditions towards our evolution and survival. We are a nation of laws.
Ramey’s Market was my laboratory for life when I was young in the 50’s and 60’s. It served a emerging immigrant community and the old neighborhood which is no longer there.
Developmental Psychologist Eric Erikson suggested that life is a series of 8 interior developmental challenges that if lived well lead to maturity and a sense of fulfillment.
In our contemporary technological, politically charged, and economic driven world I fear we have lost in significant measure the appreciation of the sacredness of all of life.
