Everybody already knows that this
week, 2013 is ending and 2014 is beginning. Since there's nothing
newsworthy there, let's just think about it a bit.
On the international level this
year, there was the continuing wars, pestilence, starvation, and
misery in all nations, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd,
world.
Even here in the USA, there's unspeakable misery in so many
areas, it's no longer news. In the US, our supposed leaders nearly
brought us to our knees for the umpteenth time in a very short while.
It didn't seem that they were even slightly looking out for us, the
people who pay them to be sure all is well in our government and
nation.
As every year, people were
cruel and inhuman to one another, and cruel and inhumane to their
animals. I don't see a lessening of those behaviors, and definitely
no end in sight.
The preachers preach, the
politicians expound, and nothing really changes in the way too damn
many humans respect nothing outside of themselves. They don't even
respect themselves.
It's time for a change. It's
been that time for years. “A journey of a
thousand miles must begin with a single step”,
said Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu. It's up to each of us to take the
first step toward changing the world. To affect that change, we must
start here and now.
How does
an individual make any difference? An easy question with what must
be a complex answer.
Not so
complex, maybe. I'm not going to tell you it's an easy thing to do.
It may mean stepping outside of your own comfort zone, and changing
some of your own ways. It may even mean nudging people you know, and
perhaps some strangers, to do the right thing.
Sure, I
or anyone else can suggest this to you. It doesn't matter an iota,
what we say. It must, and can, only come from within. Even if you
don't normally make a New Years resolution, each of us has to resolve
to be kinder to everyone we encounter. We have to be determined to
help our 'brothers and sisters' whomever they are, if they need a
hand. We must immediately learn tolerance of differences and traits
we've previously been unable to condone. We must not attempt to
force our ideals and morals on others. Mostly, we have to learn to,
and strive to, live our lives according to the one simple rule we all
learned as children: “Do unto others as you would have them do
unto you”.
Wouldn't
it be a so much better world if we all did that?
Please
join me in reinstating that ancient adage, and let's try our best to
live it on a daily basis.
If you
see me straying from that philosophy, feel free to remind me.
Now, as
the calendar changes years, I'd like you to join me in wishing everyone in
your life, as far as you can reach, a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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