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Let's Get Focused: Suggestions for Improving America

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Let's Get Focused: Suggestions for Improving AmericaThe public has been disaffected with politics for some time. The ordinary person feels unheard and ignored. Part of this comes from the elevation of politicians to royalty status versus public servants. The other part comes from the disengagement and laziness of the public. Political office has become a career, instead of a term of service. Disinformation and lies from special interest groups keep the public uninformed and victims of whatever is the

The public has been disaffected with politics for some time. The ordinary person feels unheard and ignored. Part of this comes from the elevation of politicians to “royalty” status versus public servants. The other part comes from the disengagement and laziness of the public. Political office has become a career, instead of a term of service. Disinformation and lies from special interest groups keep the public uninformed and victims of whatever is the outrage of the day. 

In Let's Get Focused Ronald F. Jackson addresses eleven constitutional amendments and eleven policy/law changes that will make American society more democratic and fairer to all.  Issues such as term limits, voting rights, the second amendment, reproductive rights, and more are addressed, with reasonings for each change. Further, policies and laws that need to be implemented or changed are addressed, such as tax policy, the filibuster, and social media.


About the Author

Ronald F. Jackson is a retired engineer who spent forty years working in the power industry in design, construction, and startup of a variety of projects both governmental and commercial. He was born in1951 in Atlanta, GA. He came of age with a bird’s eye view of the civil rights era and the leaders that directed it. He observed the promise and progress of a nation beginning to confront its shortcomings with a determination to make progress. He has also observed a pullback in the will to address issues and has written this book to focus attention on significant issues.

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DL
Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 5
This artist of faith has a very inspiring and uplifting story.
Format: Paperback
This book was a gift to a family member. The family member was not only touched by the thoughtfulness but by the story and art in this little book. Lilias Trotter was a remarkable woman of true, deep faith and made a difference in so many lives. We could all learn from her example and be inspired by her commitment to the people whose lives she touched. Recommend this book for artists and born again believers alike. God is in the details!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2023
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Jane
New York, US
★★★★★ 5
Beautiful Journal
Format: Paperback
This journal which includes paintings and quotes from Lilias Trotter is lovely. In fact you may enjoy looking at the pages even more than journaling. Excellent gift for friends.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2022
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Miriam Dixon
Natrona Heights, US
★★★★★ 5
Lilias Trotter is amazing!
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Lilias Trotter is inspired in her prose and beautiful watercolors. Wonderful!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2022
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Darcy W.
West Palm Beach, US
★★★★★ 5
A beautifully crafted invitation to journal
Format: Paperback
Lilias Trotter Legacy’s latest book Beholdings is not so much a text as it is a beautifully crafted invitation. Inspired by the journals and sketches of Lilias Trotter (1853-1928—English missionary to Algeria, artist, writer, and journaler par excellence), biographer Miriam Rockness invites the reader to try their own hand at journaling, using Trotter as a model and guide. Rockness herself is no stranger to journaling, and her Preface to Beholdings enumerates the many benefits that await any reader who is willing to commit to the discipline for a period of time. In the short term, Rockness describes how journaling encourages one to focus, to pay attention, to take the time to behold the beauty in the world before one’s very eyes. Each page following the Preface includes a quote designed to stir the imagination, and an image from Trotter’s journals to illustrate what it means to behold an acorn, a flower petal, a sunrise in the Algerian desert. It is not just to see what is before one’s eyes, but to hold it in the mind’s eye and cherish it. As Simone Weil said, “Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. It presupposes faith and love.” It is this kind of attention that Rockness encourages the journaler to cultivate, and it is the kind of attention that Lilias Trotter so artfully illustrates. There is ample space on each page for the journaler, thus inspired, to record his or her observations, musings, sketches, or doodles. In the longer term, Rockness suggests that journaling helps cultivate a sense of proportion and perspective. She describes looking back with her husband over her journals from years before, reliving the moments that might otherwise have been forgotten, and allowing those glimpses in the rear view mirror to inform present day experience. Sometimes one finds that images seen in the rear view mirror really are smaller than they appeared at the time! In addition to being an incitement to journaling, Beholdings is a beautifully produced creation in its own right. Great thought has gone into the selection of the typeface, the texture and feel of the paper, the quality of the images reproduced. This makes Beholdings not only a delight to own, but also an exquisite gift to offer. My advice: buy one for yourself, and another for someone you love.
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WellBCare
Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 2
Be clear that it's a blank journal you create, with brief quotes and thumbnail art
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If one is looking for a personal journal of empty lined pages ~ and a brief Lilias Trotter quote with a thumbnail-size photo of her art on each page then this is for you. I understood it was a book of her journalling with more viewable-size sketches.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022

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