Status Updates From Dreams from My Father: A St...

started listening to this! it’s interesting to see how much he’s grown as an author from this, but i’m really liking it so far! didn’t know he lived in indonesia for like a year

I’m impressed with Barack’s diverse background- living in Hawaii, Indonesia, California, Chicago, visiting Kenya, as a community organizer with people of many races and churches. It’s just neat to hear about his life and also how he thinks about life.

“You must respect your elders. They cleared the way for you so that your path is easier. But if you see them falling into a pit, then you must learn to what?”

“Step around.”

“That’s right. Diverge from that path and make your own.”

Practical people know life was too hard to judge each other’s choices, too messy to live according to abstract ideas