Welcome to the New Year!
As we attempt to
position ourselves on a path heading upward and outward within our world, the
realities of what’s happening around us intersects our flow of energy – and we
must improvise our travels of life. It is imperative that we become proactive,
not just reactive. We must stand up for fundamental human values, for
ourselves, as well as for our children who will become the leaders of tomorrow –
for the interconnecting societies of the future.
The future is unknown
to us all; however, by utilizing rational thought, we make predictions and
hypotheses on current directions of events taking place in the political arena.
We must take actions today to deal with the issues of today; there’s one
particular issue.
The first Americans –
those who inhabited the land of America before the Europeans (British, French, Spaniards,
Irish, Scottish, Danes, Norwegians, et al) came, before the Africans came, before
the Australians came, before the Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, et al)
came, before the Pacific Islanders came, before the Russians came, before the
Germans came – the Native Americans lived in this great country, and the
numerous tribes were in harmony (most of the time). They lived off the land and
the animals (especially the buffalo), which provided their shelter/homes, food,
clothing, crafts and tools. Life was good!
Then, the first
immigrants came – the Europeans; and they brought havoc and chaos and
eventually, they conquered the Native Americans and took most of the land;
treaties were signed and broken, laws were enacted to legalize the hostile
takeover of the land / prime real estate. Indian Reservations were created for
Native Americans, and some land allotted in regions such as, North Dakota and
South Dakota.
Fast forward to
today, 26 January 2017. Native Americans are demanding their rights as Americans,
their rights as human beings, their rights as protectors of the environment –
the rights to clean water (free of oil spills and oil by-product pollution),
basic homeowners’ rights to protect their homes and their way of life. As human
beings, don’t we all want this? Would you want an oil pipeline running through
your backyard or on the street that you live on, knowing the potential for an
oil-spill? Environmental damage caused by oil spills can be catastrophic – killing
wildlife, contaminating the water resources, polluting the earth!
As an American society,
we should respect human rights; therefore, for the sake of humanity, I stand
with “Standing Rock”.
There are no chocolate morsels to
compliment my thoughts for today – I abstain.