Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.

Hearts understand in ways minds cannot.

The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.

soulsThat we might break these molds
And free our restless souls
Start to believe
That we can rise above
Our pettiness and love
Like we ain't loved before
Free on this earth
As the surf that rolls
And crashes on the shore
And hey now don't run and hide
Your little heart away
If it's gone
We'll sure never find it
Pining for lost innocence
Tantalisingly I saw
Our shadows moving through the door
Traces from a different time
When I was yours and you were truly mine
All mine

Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.

I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the decisiveness of it.