“We think the world’s problems are not our business, that they have to be resolved by the United Nations or by substituting new leaders for the old.” In his book “The First and Last Freedom,” Krishnamurti lovingly reminds us that in order to “transform the world, we must begin with ourselves.”

How does that land with you, dear reader? Can you take a step back and see how every four years an already distracted, busy and possibly burnt out America is whipped into a frenzy over the belief that who we vote for is actually going to make a true and lasting difference in the values or policies we hold dear?

“If we can transform ourselves, bring about a radically different point of view in our daily existence, then perhaps we shall affect the world at large, the extended relationship with others.”