Bridge Crossing
Thurman Quote: “I take my stand for the future and for the generations who follow over the bridges we already have crossed. It is here that the meaning of the hunger of the heart is unified. The Head and the Heart at last inseparable…”
Citation: Howard Thurman, With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman (San Diego: A Harvest Book Harcourt Brace & Company, 1979), 269)
Description: Thurman’s image of crossing over bridges encourages us to seek ways to move from “here” to “there” as a generational body. How do we interpret the world and our collective actions now in ways that carve paths that future generations can use and build upon. The task of interpretation can be to create bridge crossings that future generations may not only follow, but extend and reinforce even as they chart their own bridge crossing projects. [See Dr. Smith’s extended discussion for the 2021 Values and Voices Campaign: https://www.valuesandvoices.com/letters-2021/letter-90/ ]
Reflect on: Interpretation as means of creating bridges for the next generation
Picture: The bridge crossing photo of Bloody Sunday with John Lewis and 600 Marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. See Link: https://www.history.com/news/selma-bloody-sunday-attack-civil-rights-movement
