Good bye...

This is going to be the final post for "Reason".  Better to step away than ramble on forever.  Reason has made it's points and that was the purpose.

I've posted fast and furious this month.  I hope that there has been information that has made you think.  I hope some has made you take a closer look at how you handle certain situations.  But most of all I hope you 'do'.

Quality is what matters.  You cannot 'do' without quality.  If you are not doing your best, than you may as well not be doing anything.  Seek those that hold quality as the highest standard and support them.  Whether it is your grocer, Realtor, contractor, employee, or what ever else, quality is the only thing that matters.  Reward quality with payment and loyalty, whether that is business, city, or community.

The businesses are organizing.  The city council is focused and ready to move forward.  MABA is getting ready for what looks like a great En Plein Aire weekend.  Things look good on the surface.  And by no means do I think I am responsible for all of these events.  I may be confident, but I'm not egotistical. 

Not all is well, each group needs your support or they will fail in the end.  If you are already involved, good job.  If you are too busy, okay, just make sure you really are too busy.  If you have tried and stepped away, give it a second chance, or try something else.  If you haven't done anything... don't complain if it withers and blows away.

My one strongest hope is that all of you are 'doing', and really analyzing what you are doing with the least bias possible.  Listen to the concerns and address them, or they will only get worse.  Hating what I have said and continuing to ignore it will get you no where. 

There is an ugly cloud over the town, and a lot of misunderstanding.  We're going to have to work together to get by it.  If we don't, we have very little chance to survive as we are now.

Support your businesses, make a real effort or they will not be there much longer.  Appreciate the work and vision being exhibited by the city officials, they are some of the best we've had.  Work with MABA and support them how you can, they really have brought some great things to the town.

None of these groups are perfect.  All have flaws and biases.  Express your concerns, but make sure you aren't the one with the bias.  Insider or outsider.  We need to eliminate these terms, we are all Malvern. 

This is the deciding point.  We can grow from here, or fall back into irrelevance.  Support, constructively critique, join, create, and most of all 'DO'!

Will this be the peak of our little towns history?  Will we fall back to where we were or will we use this point as a launching pad?  Will we continue to say, "That's their problem"?  Will we work blindly toward an unknown goal, stumbling and failing?  Or will we work together and move as one (but by different paths) to a common final destination?  Will Malvern be a model for other communities, or will we lose our 'doers' and decay as in Atlas Shrugged?  This point in time really is that important.  What will we do and who will step up?

Who is John Galt?