With A Little Help From Our Friends: Fab Four Ways The Beatles Can Inspire Us 46 Years After Conquering America

When you find yourself in times of trouble, inspiration is always welcome. So, as we mark 46 years since the arrival of The Beatles in America, whether it's the real thing or the next best thing or even the virtual thing, there's much to appreciate in the words and music of the Fab Four.

For example, despite the rose-colored title, "All You Need is Love" sounds like a clarion call for green revolutionaries everywhere. "There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be." Since this is the greatest time ever to be an activist, perhaps it's no coincidence that you and I are here now. Maybe we're the lucky ones trusted with the urgent mission of survival. As George wrote:

"I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping."

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Four Fab Ways to Come Together Right Now

1. "Help"

We need help. The eco-system needs help. Our lives have changed in oh so many ways and more than every now and then, we feel so insecure. As John declared, we need each other like we've never done before.

2. "Fixing a Hole"

Thanks to human-introduced substances like chloro-fluoro-carbons (CFCs), halons (bromo-fluoro-carbons), and methyl bromide, a dramatic hole opens in the ozone layer over the Antarctic every spring. And look out: here comes the sun.

3. "Piggies"

While real pigs certainly don't deserve such a reputation, the Beatles' point here is to shine a bright light upon corporate greed and the myopia of never looking past the next fiscal quarter.

4. "Revolution"

"You tell me it's the institution. Well, you know, you better free your mind instead." 'Nuff said...