WHERE HAVE ALL THE GREAT MEN GONE?

Is there no one else?

Oh where have all the great men gone? Gandhi, Schweitzer and Einstein were all alive at the same time! But since their passing, there has been no one --in my opinion, absolutely no one -- of that rank amongst us.

What has happened? Has our materialistic progress squeezed out human greatness? Is this human advancement?

If we keep advancing on this scale, we will soon be back in the Stone Ages. Is it possible we are now living in the "decline of the West," one that parallels the decline of the Roman Empire? What is happening to us? What has gone wrong?

I believe there are still occasional appearances of remarkable individuals among us whom future generations may very well marvel at. Here, I may "lean" even more "towards optimism" than you do.

What matters most here is that every human being is someone special with a special obligation to fulfill every potential that can possibly be mastered.

The good news then is that for Gandhi, and, in the more recent past, King, I believe we have Mandela today. More than that, for Schweitzer there is Mother Teresa today; for Einstein we have Stephen Hawking.

But who will come after them?

So till my next post ya, its bye from Ganz.

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