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No one was more
thrilled than I when I went to see the musical "South
Pacific" all those years ago. The music and action was a delight
and most importantly an apparent truth. In those days, we listened and
believed every word we heard. The song "You've got to be
taught" said it all. For my readers who follow this column and
are not familiar with the song, here it is:
You've
got to be taught to hate and fear,
You've got to be taught from year to year,
It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear,
You've got to be carefully taught,
You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made
And people whose skin is a different shade,
You've got to be carefully taught
You’ve got to be taught before it's too late
Before you are six or seven or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You’ve got to be carefully taught,
You’ve got to be carefully taught. |
So, now
here we are, in a new century still hating most of the things our parents
taught us to hate. We look at everything that is going
on around us and in someway struggle to try and make sense of all that
is
happening. We don’t seem to have the answers just like our parents
did. Nothing is cut and dried. The problem is the world is different
and we have not changed. We still judge ourselves by our childhood
standards and insist that our learned way is the right way. Then we
wonder why
we get hurt and feel cast out. Yet still, we insist that we know everything
there is to know. We justify, rationalize, excuse, validate, prove
our point and continue to believe what we were taught.
It is time to adapt. It is time to find new ways to communicate with
new standards and new concepts about how we should all live with one
another. We have "driven, nay striven" for causes that have
long ended. Now it is time to find a new cause. Begin at home with
family members. Look at the world through their eyes and see their points
of
view. Open up your minds together to new beginnings. Start something
fresh - something new that you thought you could not do. Show
those ancestors that you can do something that is different and better
than
what you were taught.
This is a great time of change. Whether we like it or not, things will
never be the same. Old habits die hard, along with old mind sets and
emotional trauma, but with love and forgiveness, grief and anxiety
can be released.
Reach out and touch someone new and learn from them. Share what you
know and enjoy the pleasure of true communication. Young mothers of
today
must encourage their children to follow their instincts and to develop
their talents. These children of today are of a different breed. They
are highly intuitive and know when you are hiding something. Whether
you are six or sixty, this is the time to expand your world and embrace
new opportunities that stimulate growth. Yes, when the mind is active,
youthful joys emerge and then the body heals. Override your ideas that
you can't do something. Elevate your awareness with the awe and
wonderment of a child’s eye. Encourage those you know to do the
same, and soon there will be laughter and song again.
The one thing I did learn was a good sense of family values. Times
spent playing games together, singing around the piano or discussing
interesting
topics was typical then. Now we spend hours staring at computer screens.
Take a break - have an interaction with someone. You may open
up your whole world and find a new direction in which to focus your
life.
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