Blaming others and refusing to take responsibility for our development led to our [New Orleans] being surpassed, first by Dallas, Houston and Atlanta, and then by Birmingham, Austin and Memphis. How long will it take us to fall behind Gainesville, Pascagoula and Macon?Self-pity destroys confidence and ambition. The rebuilding of New Orleans demands that we have a realistically optimistic attitude and confidence in our ability to restore the greatness of our city. Focusing on what was lost makes it difficult for us to have the strength to rebuild.
God has blessed New Orleans. He has blessed us with the gifts we need to come back strong. He has blessed us with the opportunity to make the changes that will restore that greatness. Let us remove those attitudes that keep us helpless, focused on the past and comfortably mediocre.
Before we condemn our elected leaders for their mistakes, let us look to ourselves, and change our thinking, our passivity and our way of blaming.
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The Rev. Anthony McGinn, S.J., is principal of Jesuit High School in New Orleans.
The Jesuits have a long history of providing superior education within a faith based framework. They teach their students to think logically, to reason, to know themselves and, "encourage a life long openness to keep growing". The young men who come out of Jesuit High School in New Orleans are generally self-aware, self-disciplined and well prepared for higher education.
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