Alderperson Alex Schultz’s Invocation At 07/21/2021 Common Council Meeting – “This speaks to the challenges we face as representatives of all of our constituents…and trying to keep our heads in a centrist space and listen to all the voices that are speaking to us.”

Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Schultz.

Alderperson Schultz: Thank you, Chair. As it was a little bit of a short notice to step up for invocation tonight, I thought it would be proper to read a short poem. This speaks to the challenges we face as representatives of all of our constituents and dealing with the sometimes challenging issues that come before us and trying to keep our heads in a centrist space and listen to all the voices that are speaking to us. This is called “Compassion” by Miller Williams.

Have compassion for everyone you meet
Even if they don’t want it. What seems conceit,
Bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign
Of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen.
You do not know what wars are going on
Down there where the spirit meets the bone