For Better Rather Than Worse

Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
— Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)
man about to kick woman standing on cliff
Don't Push Me; I Am Close To The Edge; A planksip Rap Effigy from Yesteryear

Don't Push Me; I Am Close To The Edge

For Better Rather Than Worse

Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
— Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)

The titled responsion is a reference to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

Keep in mind how the responsions come about. We encourage the writers, which could be you, to use the FFA method. Free For All is what this acronym stands for, and it prompts the writer to write what first comes to mind. For me, the rap lyric doesn't hold the same weight of seriousness that Wiesel is offering. His legacy is one of a Nazi concentration camp survivor turned cultural sage.

This is cultural, this is generational, and this is about the survival of the kind of species we want to become. Moving away from or suppressing tendencies of tribalism and embracing positive change and well-being is what flourishing and eudemonia are all about.

man about to kick woman standing on cliff
Don't Push Me, I Am Close To The Edge; A planksip Rap Effigy from Yesteryear

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