Clare,
Violence is all around us...and yet we ignore it.
Back to Darwin's "survival of the fittest". But what criteria determines being the "fittest"? I would love to say that it is our intelligence and adaptability. But it seems to be determined by brute strength. The "fittest" overpowers until the other submits. But, in the long run it is about adaptability. It is the ability to be a chameleon and to blend rather than to stand out. To accept the status quo, rather than making unique choices and speaking up...
I refuse to settle for survival...
I demand more.
I seek to thrive...
and thriving means standing out, taking some risks, being seen...
no camouflage or chameleon blending.
Humans need to stop overpowering to gain control.
You see it with your Granddaughter...she will submit to the bottle when she is hungry enough.
We see it in our exploitation of the land and the people who inhabit it.
Slave labor producing the things we "can't live without"...
Destruction of the forests...destruction of our atmosphere...destruction of the home that we know.
Humans have lost their connection to all other things.
Most don't care...they continue to consume...and consume...and create wastes...
It starts when we are babies...
it starts in our teachings...our domestication...
we are worthless unless we overpower.
We were overpowered...by the abuse...by the dysfunction...by the alcoholism...by the secrets.
We were taught at a very young age that we were less powerful than our caretakers...
and we submitted. What else could we do?
At least our basic needs were being met...and as you have said...there are some good memories intermixed.
But, it is time to shine a Light on those beliefs, to recognize them for the bull shit that they are, and to say "no more"...
Time to learn love and patience and kindness.
It is a good time for life,
Maggie
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