Yes, the hippie in me still believes in peace, love, equality, inclusion, justice, and kindness. Universal values, to be sure. And I still believe in the goodness of humankind and the healing power of music. And friendship and compassion. And flowers.
This summer marks the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love, when more than 100,000 hippie peaceniks descended on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in San Francisco. It was a revolutionary social movement at a time of great unrest in the U.S.
A movement whose impact is still being felt today. Whose values are as appropriate to solving the great issues troubling the world today as they were back then.
As the late great Jimi Hendrix said, "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace."
Yes, I believe in that.
Always.
