There are always sooo many things happening, I know i did not need to state this, but I am in this constant internal struggle with how I spend my time, and if I am spending my time investing in the right things? I know this is a common struggle, so I am doing nothing more then echoing the eternal question. And I will not to pretend to answer, nor will I present my dilemma's as they are no more important then anyone else.
This is key to me, and it took me so long to get there, that we all have our fights our priorities, our issues and the people that get more attention for theirs are sometimes the right people, but more and more, and unfortunately the media has a huge control on this, but the people that get a voice and so often not the one's who should be speaking, but the one's that need to listen. but that is the hard part, listening without judgement, listening just to learn new things, listening to hear new perspectives, not just to find a point for you to step in with your rebuttal. I strive for knowledge and I learn so much everyday and really need to take more time to reflect on the knowledge i gain each day.
for example on monday I read a quote that I have been thinking about and saying, but have never been able to say. Now I wasn't at this talk, but I read the article and talked to some people who attended and the article reads like this:
Justice Murray Sinclair told a Sunday brunch crowd that Canadian society must heal the damage caused by the Indian residential school system or deal with the violence that will be undoubtedly unleashed against it.
Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, said the children and grandchildren of the aboriginal students who were forced to attend residential schools are the modern-day victims: over-represented in jails and as victims of crime and suicide.But he cautioned that one day soon, instead of the violence being directed at themselves or other aboriginal people, the violence will be directed at general society."There will be great violence if we do not learn how to fix this,"- wpg free press
This is it, how long until the indigenous people of this land begin to turning their pain outward on society as a whole. Society seems pretty content sitting back and letting them fight and kill each other. but what happens when this gets externalized???? will it be too late......
