I believe that we are stronger together than we are alone, but sometimes being alone is the only way to grow in spirit.
I believe that whatever we can imagine, we can create. I think that our beliefs about ourselves and others are what define our world, and what make our world. That is why we have to show people the way. That is why it took Jim Ryan of Kansas University running under a four minute mile, then many others have been able to run it. Maybe that's why it's so hard to make the first million dollars, because we have to imagine it first, and that number is a bit hard to wrap your mind around.
Our beliefs create our world. If we hold negative beliefs about the state of the nation, and the state of the world, we support negativity in the world. Gandi says, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." That is the most powerful statement. It is the people that are acting and being the change themselves that will change the world. The people who whine and complain, and blame others for being so stupid and voting for idiots are missing the point. Everyone makes their own truth. As a nation, we must have something to learn from idiots. It's like telling an abused wife to leave her alcoholic husband. It ain't going to happen until she has learned what she needs to learn for her soul. Hopefully she doesn't die first. You can't force a nation to grow, you can just support the things that you believe are best, and maintain your own integrity. It is always hard to let others make mistakes, whether they are Republicans or your children. But we each have our own paths. Maybe as nations we also each have our own path, and that path may lead to self destruction or extinction of the species. At times, even I can be at peace with that, if that is our collective soul's path.
I try to think of what I can do to make people over the world feel closer to each other, to feel the kinship and notice the things we have in common instead of the differences. I know that shouting and anger do not work to bring us closer together. I want to gather the nations together like a mother hen, grooming and clucking over each chick, wondering which will survive the dark night. Right now, the U.S. looks like it may not make it. There seems to be too much fear and anger, and an individualism that keeps us from working together. We are falling prey to the over-consumption and softness of developed nations. The world has gotten smaller with the Internet and air travel, and we are taking longer than Europe to see it. It will over take us, whether we want it to or not. The economy has become a global economy. We have to include all nations in our world view. How can I show that to American society that has had only one major war (the Civil War) on our own soil? How can we see what we are doing to Iraqis? To the environment? How can I say it so they understand, and don't just turn a deaf ear? What is the medium to carry the message? I think it is television, radio, Internet...movies? Stories, true and fiction, that promote tolerance and understanding. Stories of other people.
We need to make new Myths for today. To promote beliefs that unite rather than divide us.
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