In Waco, Texas, I gave a talk at St. Jerome’s Church.   I said that we so often get puffed up with patriotism here; but Mother Theresa once said America was the most spiritually poor country she’d ever visited. A dichotomy?   Yep…     In Waco, we also met with Baylor University professor Tyler Horner.   He said part of the reason society has lost some of it’s spiritual moorings is because recent generations are becoming more and more “self-focused.”   This, in turn, leads to less and less volunteering.   Tyler, who volunteered with Ameri-Corps and teaches about children and families at Baylor, said “every human has a need to leave a legacy.”   And people who just focus on working to make a buck, start feeling quite unfulfilled later in life.   Tyler, on a personal level, is trying hard to leave his own ‘legacy.’   He’s involved with Church Under The Bridge for homeless people here and is helping coordinate a program with the city to  develop a high-quality,  early childhood learning curriculum.   It is in early childhood, Tyler says, that a lof of the personality, learning styles, and so on, are formed.   Note: T-shrit sighting in Abilene, Texas:   “I follow all the voices… in my wife’s   head.”