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The Mystery within . . . |
After the mid-term election results were announced on
November 4, I was unable to turn on my television for two days. I was in mourning and quietly fearful
on where our country is heading.
Does not the past brutal formation of this country, and then the
decimation of another culture through enslavement, now require remedies? I am afraid that a powerful political
majority will disregard the overwhelming evidence that early childhood programs
and quality education for everyone forms the basis for a civil society. Will the incarcerated know compassion
and a chance to start over? Will
the right to vote become more cumbersome, and will more arbitrary lines be
drawn to favor one ideology? Can
we justify the ever-growing gap between the wealthiest Americans and the rest
of us under the veil of hard work?
Can collective bargaining ever be restored, and will the minimum wage
ever be fair? Will every human
being eventually know the right to good medical care? Is the environment, and the food we eat, in greater jeopardy
of more contamination? And will
women, who hold up half the sky, be treated more fairly? These are some of the things that make
me quietly fearful.
The interviewed guest On-Being this week, Joanna Macy – A Wild Love for the World spoke to my distress. She suggested we be present and fearless with our pain for
it eventually reveals our connectedness and love for the world. I felt common ground with Macy when she
told of her growth through the tyranny of her father and subsequently leaving
the dogmatic, patriarchal church in which she was raised. My journey and healing from tyranny is
similar to hers and really began in earnest when I was told to “Be not
afraid.” Through Presence, I
encountered the grace of multiple Synchronicities on my everyday path. I gradually learned how to be true to
myself and began to understand how profoundly interconnected we are to everyone
and all things.
“A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunities” is a new book by the same
authors of “Half the Sky: Turning
Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” (Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl
WuDunn). They suggest if we become
truly aware of the pain and dysfunction in our world, a path will appear
showing how we can be a part of the healing. I recently listened with keen interest to the audio version
of their latest book and their telling of the effectiveness of corporations who
take on a humanitarian need as a part of their overall mission. Corporations have highly skilled
people, including effective marketing staff, and can be very successful in
promoting and producing needed change in the lives of many. What would it take to get all of
corporate America to take on a humanitarian need as a part of their mission?
What if we all took on a humanitarian need as part of our
mission?
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