Dear Linda, your post really struck a chord with me. It seems to me that many of us are feeling bowed over by the onslaught of the overwhelming odds stacked against the earth and against the possibility of peace and kindness. While it's tempting to feel that something new is unfolding, something really sinister, I do not believe this death story is at all new. it is just that more people, or maybe more accurately a different category of folks are also now being impacted by the death grind, and for sure, it is scary as hell.
But the 'rule of law', this system we call democracy, the privileges some of us have enjoyed for much of our lives -- to walk around unmolested by authorities, cross imaginary borders with ease, and even imagine growing old in relative peace is not a reality shared by the bulk of the world's population and not by many people in our very own nation state. If we have experienced peace and prosperity it has been on the backs of others -- even if it feels we have worked hard to get where we have. Because we have worked hard too.
I think what is coming, is what is already here and has been here for a long time - namely patriarchy (in all its guileful forms).
I truly believe that what we really need more than ever are some new stories (or maybe these are actually old stories...really old in fact), as much as we need to pay attention to the stories that are being told to us that are scaring and depressing us.
And so, this morning, I received a beautiful new/old story from one of my favourite seed companies in Canada - Salt Spring Seeds . The story is about trust, about love, about mentorship, about coming together and taking care of each other -- in real, humble ways.
Thank you for all you do. For sharing your gift of thinking and writing.
Thank you for this, and yes, you are right, the "death story" is as old as the hills, and has been taking place all over the world to those who are less privileged for a very long time. It's like neoliberalism, which is not new either -- these ideologies are just reincarnations of old ones with the same goal of concentrating wealth and power in the hands of a few. But I think there is one difference, and it has to do with the technology that's available now -- and the possibility of a total surveillance state, and truly, this is what is freaking me out. But I also take solace in your words about the need for new stories and there is great hope in the ways you describe. Thank you for reminding me/ us.
Dear Linda, your post really struck a chord with me. It seems to me that many of us are feeling bowed over by the onslaught of the overwhelming odds stacked against the earth and against the possibility of peace and kindness. While it's tempting to feel that something new is unfolding, something really sinister, I do not believe this death story is at all new. it is just that more people, or maybe more accurately a different category of folks are also now being impacted by the death grind, and for sure, it is scary as hell.
But the 'rule of law', this system we call democracy, the privileges some of us have enjoyed for much of our lives -- to walk around unmolested by authorities, cross imaginary borders with ease, and even imagine growing old in relative peace is not a reality shared by the bulk of the world's population and not by many people in our very own nation state. If we have experienced peace and prosperity it has been on the backs of others -- even if it feels we have worked hard to get where we have. Because we have worked hard too.
I think what is coming, is what is already here and has been here for a long time - namely patriarchy (in all its guileful forms).
I truly believe that what we really need more than ever are some new stories (or maybe these are actually old stories...really old in fact), as much as we need to pay attention to the stories that are being told to us that are scaring and depressing us.
And so, this morning, I received a beautiful new/old story from one of my favourite seed companies in Canada - Salt Spring Seeds . The story is about trust, about love, about mentorship, about coming together and taking care of each other -- in real, humble ways.
Thank you for all you do. For sharing your gift of thinking and writing.
Thank you for this, and yes, you are right, the "death story" is as old as the hills, and has been taking place all over the world to those who are less privileged for a very long time. It's like neoliberalism, which is not new either -- these ideologies are just reincarnations of old ones with the same goal of concentrating wealth and power in the hands of a few. But I think there is one difference, and it has to do with the technology that's available now -- and the possibility of a total surveillance state, and truly, this is what is freaking me out. But I also take solace in your words about the need for new stories and there is great hope in the ways you describe. Thank you for reminding me/ us.