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In reply to the discussion: High-flying CEO quits after daughter writes list of 22 milestones he missed [View all]TheBlackAdder
(29,981 posts)You're right.
We can't walk away from it.
But, while working, I always find time to help the kids, work flex hours, do work at home, etc.. Whatever it takes.
Even so, I have time to volunteer and get the kids involved in social givebacks.
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Ronald Reagan quoted John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity" in his famous 'Shining city on a hill' speech.
Reagan said that was his favorite literary work, and he misquoted Winthrop. Winthrop NEVER said 'shining', that was Reagan incorrectly adding that in, and everyone's been getting that quote wrong ever since.
What Winthrop was worried about, as a Protestant Minister who delivered the Puritan sermon to the ship of Pilgrims sailing to the New World in 1630, besides keeping the faith--WAS INCOME INEQUALITY. Winthrop knew income inequality would be the greatest cause for the new colony to fail, that he opened up the first half of the sermon with it. The wealthy were go give back all excesses at least once a year to help those less affluent. My, how Reagan missed that well-hammered point.
That was the original founding document for this country... 146 years before the Declaration of Independence.