Happy Bastille Day

So I need to say a few things about Bastille Day, and for an Italian,
well, as you know the Italians  did not do so well...

Anyway, what Bastille day means to me, is, there is a mountain, and
the mountain is steep and difficult to climb, but you climb it anyway
not just because you can, but you really, really want to and almost
you really, really need to.

And that is what Bastille day means to me.  You know there is a
great challenge but you accept that challenge, because the result
is an achievement, and really,,,,,  how many of us, now wish to
achieve something?    And we know we should and we know we
must, but you know if we try to achieve this success together,
well then, how much better is that.

Now we must agree, this is what the people in France in the 1790's
were confronting, from what appeared to them to be necessity,
not desire.  This is what philosopher's refer to as Enlightenment,
but that is of course another story for another time.

So right now we must confront tyranny, in various forms, but I think
one great tyranny  we all face equally is the tyranny from within,
that makes us believe that we can not be more kind, more generous,
more understanding, a better friend, and ultimately wiser,,, and believing
that is a great oppression.  But certainly we can all at least imagine
freeing ourselves from that tyrant.  I believe that is true.

So we look at the mountain and we desire to reach that summit.

We should all aspire to reach that, and much better if we aspire
to reach that together.  We can imagine the benefits we might gain
and anyway how hard can that really be?