I dont know about anyone else, and I hate to be a pessamist, but does anyone know of any vacant islands in the middle of nowhere with internet service? The more I sit here and watch the stability of the world disintegrate due to the incompitence of our leaders, I simply want to CHECK OUT. Me and my dog. And my laptop. Anyone with me?
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This world. So beautiful. So endangered. So abused. So cherished. So exploited. So precious. So RARE.
Our people. So unique, in everyway. So different, yet all the same. So rich and so poor, yet still breathing the same oxygen and drinking the same water. All seeing the same sun rise.
At our core we all desire the same. Freedom. Love. Harmony. Inner peace. Strength. Freedom from fear. Happiness.
Our culture. So ancient, yet so new. So different, yet similar, and cherished by each of us not as an antique, but as a heritage, a tradition to be carried on.
Yet with all of this said, it seems that "it" could all slip away so easily. Yes people, we do have the power to now destroy ourselves and everything that we know and that the world has ever known. It may be in one big bang or it may die a death of a thousand cuts...... cuts of pollution, hatred, misunderstanding, warfare, intolerance, miscommunication, hubris...... How can it be that we are smart enough to orbit the earth in a spaceship, yet dumb enough to let world war 3 get up and running down here on earth? We watch the same races and cultures kill each other over and over. Originally with sticks and stones, now with Katusha rockets and f-16 airplanes. But nothing has changed. We are smarter but we havent really learned a thing.
So many of us who would LIKE to do something, anything, cant seem to do a thing about it. It seems there is no way to break the cycle of violence. Am I alone in this? We sit helpless on the sidelines and it seems with each newscast, with each log-in to the internet, our minds our filled with the daily dose of unreal unreality. How can this be happening? How can our leaders continue to lead us down these paths of no return. And I speak not only of OUR leaders, but the leaders of the Muslim world as well. What WILL IT TAKE to break this cycle?
What IS "god" saying about this? All of the principles of the worlds religions are based, in large part, on non violence. AND, on the principle of reciprocity, in other words "do unto others, as they would do unto you......." (i.e. THE GOLDEN RULE). Unfortunately, it seems most skip that part and go right to the verse on "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" and then the killing and revenge starts. And it has NEVER stopped. Seems that revenge is an easier concept to understand than forgiveness.
Violence in the name of religion is an accepted reality. How sad is that. How can people believe that we will never get along here on earth, yet when we all die and go to heaven (if thats what you believe), where ALL OF HUMANITY RESIDES, we will magically get along just fine? Why dont we practice here? Seems like paradise will be much more heavenly, if we have a few practice laps around the track down here amongst us mortals, no?
So I sit here on my couch and wonder what it will take. If it will ever happen in my lifetime. And honestly cant answer either question. So I'm back to my original question: Where's my island!!! Anyone? I guess it will have to be in my mind.