CELEBRATING THE BENEFITS OF DREAM TO LIVE TOGETHER

 On August 28, 1963: ‘I have a dream’ speech was delivered by American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.,

Today, MLK’s Holiday serves multiple purposes: It honors the total legacy of Dr King, focuses on the issue of civil rights, highlights the use of nonviolence to promote change, call people into public services and humanity to embrace and live with one another without preconditions.

Progressive US civil rights leader and icon Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis on the 4^th of April 1968. He was shot on a hotel balcony and died soon after in a nearby hospital.

Ever since more and more people die because of injustices pointed by King, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

A march that was one of the most celebrated events of civil rights movement, started with the indomitable man of peace, Martin Luther King, Jr., fifty-eight years ago, in Selma, where protesters trying to cross the Edmund Pettus bridge, were beaten by police officers, shocking the nation and leading to the passage of the denied landmark voting rights Act of 1965.

Similarly, in 2015, the nation’s first African American president, Barack Obama, led thousands in a commemorative march of a bipartisan, biracial testimonial to the pioneers whose courage helped pave the way for his election to the highest office on the land in 2008.

Again, commemorating the event, as America’s first and so far only black president, Barack Obama as a leading voter for the next leader of the country took a lead of the last generation of living civil rights leaders and some of the 2020 democratic presidential candidates who have gathered in rows to march arm-in-arm in South Carolina to celebrate the special day.

Today, because of all those who made the difference before us and those who are making the change for a better society now, we’re able to live side by side even though the road to change is still far away from reaching “the mountain top”.

You know what, man created the system, law, rules…man can change anything. Therefore, it’s time to change the guiding lights that was built long time ago only to serve its creator.

We must declare new pledges, to fight radicalism, extinguish hate from our society and stay together with our commonality as brothers and sisters.

We must reinstate our vows again and again to resonate with that of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s words of wisdoms, “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” 

He continued to educate, “How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever. How long? Not long, you shall reap what you sow… How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

“If you want to be important – that’s wonderful. If you want to be great – that’s wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's your new definition of greatness - it means that everybody can be great because everybody can serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know the second law of thermodynamics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love...”

Every meeting he attended was filled with words of wisdom. “I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life’s blueprint. Number one in your life's blueprint should be a deep belief in your own dignity, your worth and your own somebodyness. Don't allow anybody to make you feel that you're nobody. Always feel that you count. Always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance. Secondly, in your life's blueprint you must have as the basic principle the determination to achieve excellence in your various fields of endeavor. You're going to be deciding as the days, as the years unfold what you will do in life — what your life's work will be. Set out to do it well.”

He continued to ask effortlessly, “The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love?”

It's now time for us to draw a line under the differences of our past and work together to build consensus around a proposal for change without hostility.

This is long overdue. This is a decision that we as society must make for ourselves. Let’s work together as a strong global society. Australia must accept vote choices back to the owners of the land, to create an independent and self-reliant new sovereign nation including changing all the inherited suburban and states’ names with befitting Australian land names. Australians are ready and tired of talking year after year during election times and ones politicians get elected to the commonwealth subservient office, doing nothing to change it. It’s time to vote for indigenous equality!

The world communities like America must also outlaw hostility and hate in order to live together with people of different color.

King told us that, “The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open.” It’s up to us which one we want to be.

No matter what has happened in the past, we can’t obliterate history. What we can do, nevertheless, is forgive and move on knowing that the benefits are much greater than playing politics in a continuous vicious cycle to fix the past hefty maltreatments and all delinquencies with so much unsubstantiated mendacities for vengeance. All I’m asking my fellow human beings while I’m buzzing is to live together peacefully because we all are here for a short time.

We can’t go on doing the same thing forever and expect different results. Needless to say, racism existed for so long and nobody was prepared to do something about it for fear of coercions and controls by the very people performing the act.

Thank you, King, for every step you took to warn our society to live together in the spirit of brotherhood and to be winners or sink together as dissociated sinners.

REST IN POWER!

ዝም አልኩ እንጂ አልጠፋሁም

ሁላችንም ሰው ነን

ለሁሉም ጊዜ አለው እንደተባለው ሁሉ፣ ድሮ እንዳንናገራቸው ዝምታ ወርቅ ነው ብለውን ዛሬ ባሕላችን ሆኖ ቀረ። የሰው ልጅ ባኅሪ ሆኖ ሁሌ በተገናኘን ቁጥርም ምነው ጠፋህ እንባባላለን። ነገር ግን የተጠፋፋንበትን ምክንያት ከሞላ ጎደል ለምን እንደሆነም እናውቀዋለን። ይሁንና ተገናኝተን መከራከሩን፣ መጨቃጨቁን፣ ያልሆነ ወሬ መስማቱንና ማውራቱን በመጥፋትና በዝምታ እንሸፍነዋለን። እኔም በመጥፋት ግንኙነቴን ልቀይር እንጂ ያለኝን ገንቢም ሆነ ተቃራኒ ሀሳቤን ጠፍቼም ቢሆን ዝም እንዳላልኩና እንዳልሸፋፈንኩት በየጊዜው ከምታነቡት አስተያየቴ ትረዳላችሁ። 

አነሰም በዛም እንደሚባለው፣ እኔ የምለው ጎበዝ፣ ያም ሆነ ይህ ዛሬ በአዲሱ ክፍለ ዘመን ይህ ዝምታ ወደ ፊት ሊያራምደን አልቻለም። ትዕግሥትና አክብሮት በተመላበት በግልፅና በፍሬዓማ አንደበት ተወያይተን ነገራትንና ችግሮችን ለየት ባለ መልኩ ለማስወገድና ለማሸነፍ በግለሰብ፣ በማሕበራትና በሐገር ደረጃም አስፈላጊ መሆኑን ማወቅ ተስኖን በሥልጣንና በብሔር ልዩነት ጭንቅላታችንን አበላሽተን የሌሎችንም ከማበላሸት አልፈን የኑሮ መሰናክል በመሆን የሰውንም ሕይወት እስከማበላሸት እንደርሳለን።

በጣሙን አጥብቀን ማወቅ የተሳነን ከየትኛውም ብሔር ብንሆን በኢትዮጵያዊነታችን አምነን ኢትዮጵያዊነት አንድነታችን፣ አንድነታችን ኢትዮጵያዊነት መሆኑን ነው።

ሁሌ ያላዋቂ ሳሚ... ጥያቄዎችን በመሰንዘር የሰሜን ሰው ነህ(ሽ)? የደቡብ ሰው ነህ(ሽ)? የማነህ(ሽ)? የእገሌ ሰው? ብለን ከመለያየት፣ መጀመሪያ ኢትዮጵያዊ(ት) ወይም በተለምዶ አበሻ ነኝ ማለቱ ያስከብራል። ከዚያ የትውልድ ዘር ካስፈለገ በቅንነትና በንጹህ ልቦና ያለመናናቅ መወያየት ይቻላል።

ማወቅ ያለብን ሁላችንም የሰው ልጆች ነን። ነገር ግን ይህ አባባል በባሕላችን ወይንም በሕብረተሰባችን ዘንድ የተለመደ ስላልሆነ ማንኛውንም የሰው ዘር ለማክበር ኅሊናችንን ማስተማርና መለወጥ ይኖርብናል። አእምሯችን ብዙ መጥፎ ነገሮችን ለማስወገድና ጥሩ ነገሮችንም ለመማር (train our brain) እንደሚችል ሊቃውንቶች ደጋግመው ነግረውናል።

መስፍን ሽፈራው - ስንቱን አስታወስኩት

ፅድቅና ኩነኔ ቢኖርም ባይኖርም፣

ከክፋት ደግነት ሳይሻል አይቀርም የሚለው የአንደኛ ደረጃ የግብረ ገብነት አስተምሪዬ መልእክት ሁል ጊዜም ትዝ ይለኛል።

ሁሌም የምናደርገው፣ የምናየውና እምንሰማው በባሕላችን የተለመደውን ባኅሪ ነው። ከሁሉም ጋር ለመኖር አውቀው እንዳላወቁ፣ የማያወቁት ደግሞ እንደሚያወቁ፣ተምረው እንዳልተማሩ፣ሳይማሩ እንደተማሩ፣ወደው እንዳልወደዱ፣ጠልተው እንዳልጠሉ፣አምተው እንዳላሙ፣ተሳድበው እንዳልተሳደቡና ሌላም አስተሳሰብ ወይንም አመለካከት ያላቸው ብሔረሰባችን ውስጥ ብዙ ናቸው ብል እውነቱን በማውጣቴ ንዴትንና ጥላቻን ካባባስኩባችሁ ይቅርታ ልል ነበር ነገር ግን ምን ያለበት ዝላይ አይችልም ነው የሚብለው? እውነት ከመናገር ሌላ ያጠፋሁት ነገር የለም ለማለት ነው። ካጠፋሁ ጠቅልላውን አስተያየቴን በመስጠቴም አጥፍቻለሁ ማለት ነው እንደምታስቡት ከሆነ። ይቅርታ ቀደም ብዬ እንዳልኳችሁ እንናገር እንጂ እንድንግባባ።

ዋናው ነገር አገራችንን ከመለወጣችን በፊት የራሳችንን አስተሳሰብና አመለካከት መለወጥ፣ እንደድሮው ማሰብን መተው፣ ዘረኝነትን ማስወገድ፣ መከባበርንና መተባበርን መልመድ፣ ቅራኔንና ጥላቻን በዱላ፣ በጠመንጃ፣ በትቺትና ወሬ ሳይሆን ችግሮችን ወይንም ጉዳዮችን በሰላምና አክብሮት ተወያይተን መፍትሄ መፈለግ ነው። ቅናትና ምቀኝነትም  በዚህ በአዲሱ ክፍለ ዘመን ምንም ብንናደድ፣ብንፈነዳ እንደማይሠራ አጥብቀን ማወቅም አስፈላጊ ይመስለኛል። 

መልካሙ ተበጀ - ስንቱን አሳለፍነው

መለወጥና መለወጥ እንችላለን

አብዛኛው ሕዝባችን ምን ያህል አስተሳሰቡ እንዳልተለወጠ ለማወቅ አያዳግትም፣ ምክንቱም አዲሱ የአሠራር አስተዳደር በአዲስ መንፈስ ለመምራት በመሞከሩ ደስተኛ ያልሆኑና የድሮው አሠራር እስካሁንም ልባቸው ውስጥ ያለው ብሔረሰባችን ሁሌም ለቅራኔና ጥላቻ ይዳረጋሉ። መፍትሄውም መጀመሪያ ራስን መለወጥና ከዚያም የሚያስፈልጉንን ነገሮች መለወጥ እንደምንችል ነው።

በጣም የሚያሳዝነውና የሚዘገንነው ነገር ቢኖር ብዙሃኑ ምሁሮቻችንም በየዕለቱ እንደ ሕፃን ቀስ በቀስ በማደግና በመልካም አመራር ላይ ያለውን አዲሱን የአገራችንን ለውጥ እያዩ ያደጉበትን የዘወትር ትቺት  ዓመል አድርገው በዘር አመካኝተው ሁሌ ያለምክንያት ሲቃረኑና ሲያንቋሽሹ መስማትና ማየቱ ነው።

ከብዙ ዓመታት በፊት ለውጡ እንደተጀመረ ሀሳባቸውን በየጊዜው በድኅረ ገጽ ላይ አዘውትረው የሚጽፉትም ምሁራን ወገኖቻችን በእድሜ ተሸንፈውና ምናልባት ስለ ሰለቻቸው ልበልና ከመታየትና መሰማት ተሰውረው በጤናም እንዳሉ ለማወቅ አልቻልንም። ያው የምንጠብቀው እንደ ሂሩት በቀለ ሲሞቱ መስማቱን ነው። እስከዚያው ድረስ ግን እስከ ዛሬ ላበረከቱት አስተውጽኦ በሕይወት እያሉ ማመስገን ይኖርብናል። 

ያላዋቂ ሳሚ ...እንደሚባለው ሁሉ በአመራርና በለውጡ ጥፋትም ሆነ ድክመት ካለ የሁላችንም ጥፋትና ኃላፊነት እንደሆነም መረዳት ጥሩ ነው። ለገንቢነት የተሞከሩት የሀሳብ ጥፋቶች የበለጠ እንዲበላሹ እልህ ከማስያዝ፣ ልማቱ በይበልጥ እንዳይሻሻል ቅራኔና ያልተረጋገጠ ወሬና ትችት ከማዘውተር፣ ማበረታቻ ሀሳብንና ምስጋናንም ማዘውተሩ ለእድገታችን ቋሚ መሰላል መሆኑን መልሰን መላልሰን መለማመድ ይኖርብናል።

ብዙ ባሕላችን ሆነው አብሮአችን ያደጉትን ፀባያችንንና ዓመላችንን ትሕትና በተሞላበትና ለየት ባሉ በመንፈስ ተቀባይነት ባላቸው መልካም ዓመሎች ለመለወጥ በጥንካሬና በቆራጥ መንፈስ መታገል ይኖርብናል። ሕብረተሰባችንም የእያንዳንዱን ግለሰብ ለውጥ አይቶ ተቀየረ(ች)፣ ተለወጠ(ች)፣ ኮራ(ች)፣ ዘነጠ(ች)፣ ተቀየመ(ች)፣ እንደድሮ አይደለም፣ አይደለችም በማለት በአሉታዊ ምክንያቶችና ነገራት የባሰ ከማደፍረስ የራሳችንን ፀባይ ከጊዜው ለውጥ ጋር ማስማማትን ማዘውተርና በጥሩ መንፈስም መቀበል ያስፈልገናል።

ማወቅ ያለብን ማንም ከመሬት ተነስቶ ምንም ሳያደርገው ወይንም ሳያደርጋት፣ ስለ እሱ ወይንም እሷ ወሬም ቢወራ ሳናጣራ ሰውን የመጥላት ልማዳችንን ማቆም እንዳለብን ነው።

በደንብ ማስተዋል ያለብን ከዚህ በፊት በሥራቸውና አስተሳሰባቸው ብቁና ችሎታ የነበራቸውን መልካም ለሠሩልን ግለሰቦች ሁሉ ውለታቸውን በጥሩ ሁኔታ ማመስገን እንዳለብንም ማወቁ ጥሩ ነው። ምንም ቢሆን ምንም ማንንም በአድልዎ፣ በዘር፣ በጥላቻና ቅናት ምክንያት አስወግደን በመጥፎ አመለካከት እንዳናይ የእያንዳንዳችን ኃላፊነትም መሆኑን ነው።

ዘመድ ከዘመዱ...ካመዱ ብለው ድሮ እንደተረቱት፣ በአሁኑ ጊዜም ልክ እንዳለፉት ዘመናት ዝምድና፣ ወገናዊነት፣ ዘርነትንና አድልዎነትን ተመርኩዘን ለማሞገስም ሆነ ለማመስገን ልዩነታችንን እናሳያለን። ይህም መስተንግዶ ከባሕላችን የመነጨ ባኅሪ በመሆኑ፣ መንፈሳዊ አስተሳሰባቸውን ቀደም ብለው የለወጡት ግለሰቦቻችን የባሕሪውን መነሻ በደንብ ስለሚያውቁ ጥላቻ ባለው መጥፎ አመለካከት እንደማያዩትም ደግመው ደጋግመው ከሚያደርጉት ተግባራዊ ድርጊቶች እናስተውላለን።

እንኳን ላሳደገኝ እዚህ ላደረሰኝ፣

አመሰግናለሁ ባዳው ላጐረሰኝ በማለት የአገራችን አዝማሪዎች ተጫውተዋል።

ይሁንና በትምህርት ቤትም ሆነ በቤተሰብ ደረጃ ስለእነዚህና ሌሎችም የሰላም ኑሮ ባኅሪዎች አጥብቆ ያስተዋለና ምክር የሰጠ ምሁርና ዘመድ በጭብጥ የሚገመት ነው። እነዚህም ጥፋቶች የተዘረዘሩት ለወቀሳ ሳይሆን አብሮን ያደጉ ባኅሪዎች መሆናቸውንና በአዲሱ ዘመንም ልብ ማለቱና ነገራትን አስተውሎ እገሌ በነገረን ወሬ ብቻ የቅርብ ጓደኞቻችንንና ሌላውንም ሰው ከመጥላታችንና ከመራቅችን በፊት በራሳችን ኅሊና ማመዛዘንና ሳንሸበር በትዕግሥት መጠያየቅንና መወያየትን መቻል ወይንም መልመድ እንዳለብን ነው።

የእያንዳንድችን ብሔረሰብ ባኅሪና አኗኗርም የተለያየ ቢሆንም ብዙዎቻችን ካደግን በኋላ ለጥቅምና ኑሮ ብለን ተሽሎና አይሎ በሚገኘው ብሔር ስማችንንና እምነታችንን ለውጠን እንደምንኖር ማንም ሰው እንደማይክድ ተስፋ በማድረግ ነው።

ለምሳሌ ያህል የስም ለውጥ፣ ብርሃኑ አብደላ፣ መስፍን ሁሴን፣ ወንዶሰን ገመዳ፣ አልማዝ ወልደሰናይ፣ ሐብተወልድ ጫላ፣ በዳኔ ገሠሠ፣ ወዘተ ናቸው። ይህ ለወቀሳና ለመወንጀል ሳይሆን አብሮ ለመኖር ብሔሩ የሚያደርገው የኑሮ ድርጊት ምን ያህል ተግባራዊና የፈቃደኝነት መፍትሔ እንደሆነለት ነው።

ይህ ዛሬ በዝርዝር የፃፍኩት የአገራችን(የኢትዮጵያ) ሕዝብ የኑሮ ባኅሪም አዲስ ያልተሰማ ወሬ መስሎ ቢታይም እውነት እንደነበረ ብዙዎቻችን ብናውቅም ተግባሩ እኔ ከሞትኩ ብዙ ዓመታት በኋላ በደንብና በተሻሻለ ሁናቴ ታሪካችን ውስጥ ገብቶ እንደሚኖር ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ።

መሀሙድ አህመድ - ዝምታ ነው መልሴ

ሰውን ቀርበው በደንብ ሳያውቁ በደፈናው በሰሙት ወሬ ብቻ እገሌ እንደዚህ ነው፣ እንደዚህ ዓይነት ሰው ነው፣ ወዘተ ስለተባሉ ብቻ የማያውቅትን ሰው ለመቅረብ በተወራላቸው ወሬ ጥላቻን የሚያዘወትሩ እንዳሉ የታወቀ ነው። እንደባሕል ሆኖ ሕብረተሰባችንና ማህበረሰባችንም ወሬን በማመን ተገቢ የሆነ ያልሆነ ምክንያት ፈልፍለው መልካም ሥራ የሠሩትን ሁሉ ረስተው ሰውን የሚነጥሉና የሚገልሉ እምብዛም ግለሰቦች እንዳሉ የማይካድ ነው።

ዶሮ ውኃ ጠምቶት መንገድ ላይ ይጠጣል፣

ከዋሉ ካደሩ መረሳት ይመጣል በማለት ንዋይ ደበበ ዘፍኖታል።

ለዚህ ነው እንኳን ጥሩ ሥራችንን ለሰው መንገር ቀርቶ ለራሳችንም ለተደረገልን ጥሩ ድርጊት ማመስገን የሚከብደን። የዛን ሰው መጥፎም ሆነ ጥሩ ወሬ ብንሰማም ከመራቅና በግልምጫ ከማየት፣ ቀርበን መተዋወቁና መወያየቱ ብዙ ነገሮችን ያሻሽላል፣ ያቀራርባል፣ የሁላችንንም ጥሩ ጎናችንንም ለማወቅ ያመቻል።

ሁላችንም እንደምናውቀው የሰው ልጅ በኑሮው ላይ ብዙ ችግሮችን አሸንፎ ለመኖር የሚያደርገው ትግል ብዙ እንደሆነ ነው። ይህንንም ለማድረግ ብዙዎቹ ከሌላው ጋር ተገናኝተውና ተወያይተው ችግራቸውን ለማቃለል ሲሞክሩ፣ አንዳንዶች ደግሞ ሌላውን ላለማስቸገር ወይንም ችግራቸውን ላለማሰራጨትና ከዚህ በላይ የተጠቀሱት ልዩነታችንን ምክንያት በማድረግ ከሚያውቁትና ከሌሎችም ርቀው በማንም ላይ የጥላቻ መንፈስ ሳይኖራቸው በሰላምና በደስታ የሚኖሩ ናቸው።

ስለራሴ ማውቀው እኔው እራሴ ነኝ፣

ለምን ዝም አይልም ሌላው ካላገዘኝ።

በማለት ድምፃዊው ንዋይ ደበበ ችግሩን በዘፈን አጋርቶናል።

ብዙም ዝርዝር ውስጥ ሳልገባ የተባለውን በሙሉ ስለምናውቅ በተቻለ ዘዴ የሰው ወሬ ሰምተን ከመለያየት ወይንም ከመራራቅ፣ እይታችን በሞትና ሕመም ጊዜ ብቻ ሳይሆን ለእያንዳንዳችን መልካም ምኞት ኖሮን የጋራ የሆነ መንፈሳዊ ሥነልቦናና ሥነምግባር በተሞላበት ሀሳብና አስተያየት በሕይወት ተገናኝተን በጽሞና መወያየቱ ጥሩ የመቀራረብ ልምድን ሊያመጣ እንደሚችል ሙሉ ተስፋ በማድረግ ነው።

ማወቅ እናውቃለን፣ ብንናገር እናልቃለን ማለት ቀረ። ይልቁንም በጣም የሚያሳዝነንና የሚቆጨን ያሰብነውንና የፈለግነውን መልካም ነገር ሳናደርግና ሀሳባችንን ያለስድብ ሳንናገር መሞታችን ነው። 

እንደምናውቀው የአገራችንም የብሔር የሥራ አሠራር ሁሌም አገዛዝ ወይም አስተዳደር ላይ ባሉት ብሔረ ሰቦች ሀሳብ ብቻ የተመሠረተ እንደሆነና ይህም አስተሳሰብ ሲወርድ ሲዋረድ የወረስነው የእኩልነት መብት ጠንቅ አሁንም እንዳይደገም በመደረጉ መብቱን የተነፈጉት ጥቂት ግለሰቦች ለውጡን ስላልለመዱትና ስላልተደሰቱ አምባገነን መሆንን መርጠው ሌተቀን ከተመረጡት አዲሱ ሥርዓት መሪዎች ጋር እየታገሉ ይኖራሉ።

አባቱ ዳኛ፣ ልጁ ቀማኛ የተባለው ወገናዊ እርክብካቤ ከቀረ ብዙ ጊዜ ሆኖታል። አሁን የሥራህ ያውጣህ/ሽ ጊዜ መሆኑን መቀበል ያቃታቸው ግለሰቦች እንዳሉ ግልጽ ነው። በያዝነው በአዲሱ ክፍለ ዘመን ሀሳባችንን ለመግለጽና ያፈለግነውን ለማለት መብታችን ቢሆንም፣ ጥላቻና ዘረኝነትን ምርኩዝ አድርገን ሌላውን ወገኖቻችንን ዓይንህ/ሽ ላፈር ማለት ከሰብዓዊነት ውጪ ከመሆኑም በላይ ተገቢም እንዳልሆነ በደንብ ማወቅም የውዴታ ግዴታችን ነው።

ከጊዜው ለውጥ ጋር ለመራመድም አስተሳሰባችን ካለፉት ዘመናት የተሻለና ሰብዓዊ ርኅራሄን ያዘለ መሆን እንዳለበትና የምንኖርበት አካባቢውና ባሕሪው አመቺ ባይሆንም ለየት ባለ እሳቤ ራሳችንን ለመለወጥና ለማሻሻል ትልቅ ትዕግስትና ጊዜ እንደሚያስፈልገን መገንዘብና ጥሩ የማስተዋል ኅሊናም እንዲኖረን ያስፈልጋል።

ሰላም ለሁላችን!

WW II WAS CAUSED BY IGNORANCE, NOW, WW III BY GREED & POWER

THE NEVER-ENDING WAR

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” –Martin Luther King Jr.

It seems the pandemonium around the world is predicting another world war.

One ill-fated catastrophe is the formation & development of global peace loving people relying on incessant protests, violence, the never ending cold war in the Middle East and those categorized as terrorists as a result of the injustice fight for the unresolved existing hostilities for so long and in order to counter attack the authorities behind the brutalizing, thereby affecting, all of us and peaceful interrelations of global community.

Remember, Jesus was condemned to death and crucified on the cross by the Romans for being a perceived threat to authority.

A problem that touches everyone and everywhere is a morally repugnant modern slavery that occurs in almost every country in the world and cuts across ethnic, cultural, religious lines and most migrant workers have a higher risk of exploitation. Migrant workers are three times more likely to be forced into labor than other adult non-migratory workers. Most forced laborers and forced marriages are sexually exploited peoples.

The world’s most vulnerable people were subject to increased poverty, disruption in employment and forced or unsafe migrations that put them at higher risk of becoming modern slaves.

The persistence of this fundamental abuse of human rights, modern slavery, is getting worse due to a number of interrelated global issues including the Covid-19.

The world’s watchdogs don’t have data on today’s worst offending countries, but Global Slavery Index did give some indication of where the world’s modern slavery problem spots have been within the last five years.

India was considered to be the world’s worst offender having roughly 7.9 million people enslaved with China and Pakistan coming in second and third with over 3 million people enslaved in each country.

It’s important to note that modern slavery touches every part of the world, even the United States and Europe, which both had an estimated absolute number of victims in the hundreds of thousands.

An Irish political philosopher, Edmund Burke, said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Evil also triumphs when the world community, each individual, good or bad men make a conscious decision to hear no evil see no evil and say no evil.

It seems to me that in the course of human events, most people face their own defining moments when they least expect it. Often that moment arrives when we are forced to make a choice between doing good, doing evil or remaining indifferent because we just do not care or exasperated by it for so long.

Also not making a choice or indifference is the easiest choice to make; it requires no thinking at all. The choice between good and evil is paralyzing not because there is actual moral ambiguity or uncertainty in choosing but because evil & indifference is so much more attractive, seductive and appears to offer greater rewards no matter how long.

To stand for the truth, what is good and right, is the hardest choice of all because they require moral clarity and courageous acts of conscience. One must have fundamental convictions and moral principles to speak the truth and to do good and the right thing and in so doing define the moment instead of being defined by the moment & very few lingering prejudices.

We evidently can see that those that call themselves as a free world and global peace keeping powerful nations are muffled either taking sides or preserve personal interests or both. In the face of evil, the question in our morality is always a clear one. We can choose to be silent; we can choose to be defenders and accomplices of evil, we can choose to blindfold ourselves in the face of evil or get in the faces of evil doers or we have a choice to be damn evil to condone it or openly accept it.

What’s your opinion about the never ending demolitions, by invasions and fighting chaos in our world, amassing weapons of mass destructions instead of helping the needy, which is threatening worldwide peace & generating fearful human interactions?

Remember, we may not have the prestige of celebrities, the power of Pope or all other academic luminaries, but our differences of opinions and stories are unique and equally valued, effective and say something no one has expressed before. That needs to be accepted and appreciated unconditionally.

Equally, as our society tend to worship celebrity status individuals; those people also must use their prominence to do their part in promoting equality, justice and peace in our community without fear of retribution. If ordinary people like us do conventional contributions to encourage communal living, our celebrities can and must use their kudos & eminence to do extraordinary contributions. The famous scholars and celebrities are also becoming motivated to do something using their status and butter up those shared invigorating opinions to give a new lease on life for the ordinary people.

Thumbs up and hats off to those for being resilient to care, communicate, appreciate, validate and share to disseminate what will be pivotal information for everyone and I also send my hearty messages to those coyly pals to absorb all as much as they can and put out their equally valued side of story regardless of the consequences. 

Read more previous assessments on world leaders, royalties, inequalities, different business bogusness & immoral dealings time immemorial: https://timeforchangesociety.blogspot.com/2019/08/who-can-we-trust.html

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        THE PRINCE IS THE VOCAL VICTIM

    

We all have our own unique cultural predispositions while growing up in different social and educational settings that may not gratify everyone.

With all the political correctness gone out of control and taking life out of joke, we don’t have to take joke out of our laugh (life).

We can’t go on doing the same thing forever and expect different results. Needless to say, racism existed for so long and nobody was prepared to do something about it for fear of coercions and controls by the very people performing the act.

History told us that in any royal aristocracy nobleness and prominence have always been the honored code of ethics before people.  

Now the time has come for some to speak up like Meghan, which put every partisan of the act at a shock and disbelief. Get used to it, it’s time for change! No one is feeling animosity for the racism and atrocities thoughtlessly occurred with an utter ignorance long time ago, but time to recognize the heartache that has triggered and move forward without repeating it, again, with the spirit of acknowledgement, reconciliation and ownership of entitlements.

However, as time went by, the anachronistic systems of royal protocol has eventually gave way to the new unceremonious, if any, in a different way, to deal with the new rules of new generations before our eyes. With the slave trade saga still hanging over the British Empire, it’s hard to imagine one of the ancestry’s children, Michelle Meghan Markle, joining the Royal Palace.

In case you didn’t know or abruptly deny it, history also tells us over 13 million Africans were stashed and transported in rugged ship, across the Atlantic Ocean in an agonizing condition, some died and thrown out in the ocean, as slaves during the period known as the “Slave Trade Triangle” over a span of 400 years and Britain fared part of the trade taking over three million slaves.

The time for change is really coming near you. I would like to think, I’m driving on the highway to self-realization so that I will be able to see, hear and acknowledge it’s time for change.

If anyone wants to see the agonizing of human trade, they must see 12 Years A Slave movie. This movie visualizes a precise atmosphere of 1853. It’s a powerful and serious movie that does not only teach the message of slave trade, but also reveals with a message of solitude in the midst of multitude.

With an appropriate credit bestowed to Meghan and all other greatly spirited personalities, like Martin Luther king, Jr., who are dedicated to egalitarianism and peaceful cohabitation in the world we live in.

Meghan lived as a confined vocal victim of within the maximum security to remain voiceless like the rest of them and the sympathizers are emphatically repudiating the truth and refuting the damaging criticisms they’re not used to as out of their usual day-to-day royal lives. That’s the sad truth of keeping their novelty for life where the rest of the world renounced the system of monarchism all together.

Meghan, like her enslaved African ancestors, reportedly suffered from a racial bias among the British public and the media. It was one of the reasons why Meghan and Harry decided to withdraw from their official duties just like the rest of the royal families.

Harry said in defense of his wife, “Meghan has been subjected to a wave of abuse, harassment and even racist newspaper articles. I hope that those behind these stories finally stop and instead begin thinking about the harm they have done.”

The modern-day breeds, Harry and Meghan, are deeply involved in transforming humanity voicing for racism and minority rights. Nevertheless, Meghan has returned to the roots of her family strongly advocating against inequality and bridging the social order of Britain, U.S. and the rest of the world.

We all have been following traditional & social lines of misguided or the not so favorable practices of any sorts, beliefs or many categories that our fore parents did for the same motives to integrate. Well, with changing times and thoughts, we find it hard to tolerate it now and allow as it still lingers to implicitly and systematically dishearten the very people we love, work and live with.

The truth will aggravate some to reveal prevailing anguishes like the apparent Harry and Meghan’s royal life revelations after living a literally muted existence behind the palace (iron) curtain, but the truth must be told sincerely without taking sides whether others accept as true or, status quo, reject it. That’s what exactly Harry is trying to reveal, what sort of life he and the royal family entailed, in his latest stirring but vividly lived life in his memoir book, spare. Who are we to judge and criticize when someone is telling us the life they’ve lived. We have only been shown the fascination and marvelous lives of the monarchs by abandoning all the intolerable performances and protocols. Thanks to past and present champions of injustice campaigners and all others who were courageously raising their hands to instigate changes.

We all have the pressure placed upon us over the years to conform to certain stereotypes. We don’t have to fit these stereotypes to please and succeed anymore. Our attitude must be to challenge all the stereotypes…linked to what we look like; where we come from, male or female, gay or straight, appreciating and celebrating our diversity in every way which drives innovation, having different points of views and experiences which will bring an alternative ingenuity in whatever we do.

The greatest anti-apartheid hero and philanthropist, Nelson Mandela, said, “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

One thing is for sure, we don’t live here forever, we should learn to live together without arms racing, hostility, killing our fellow human beings and all the deliberated immoral actions.

In the face of evil, the question in our morality is always a clear one. We can choose to be silent; we can choose to be defenders and accomplices of evil, we can choose to blindfold ourselves in the face of evil or get in the faces of evil doers or we have a choice to be damn evil to condone it or openly accept it. Thanks to all the social Medias for spreading well-intentioned awareness commentaries among our global society. One thing is imminent that what we have posted here has generated awareness in the minds of Harry and Meghan to be champions of change.

Harry and Meghan Markle were abandoned their palace life to live a simple life like that of the Buddha’s, but promised to become part time royals. It’s hard to understand why their decision is a complicated issue to no longer live on people’s payments and search for their own identity and independence before they leave this planet forever. It’s good to experience the lives of laypeople with no strings attached. What about if the UK people decided to completely abandon the system of Kingdoms in general like some other countries around the world that have done so. How complicated would that be? What are the benefits keeping a primeval novelty namesake?

The Sussex finally realized their responsibilities thanks to the social media influences to feed them with vital information and to fulfil their humanistic duties like everyone without depending on imperial livelihood.

The truth might hurt but must be told, regardless. Like all other breeds of our generation, Harry & Meghan’s love, respect, empathy, among other relationship cohesion morals is absolutely dissipated.

To stand for the truth, what is good and right, is the hardest choice of all because they require moral clarity and courageous acts of conscience. One must have fundamental convictions and moral principles to speak the truth and to do good and the right thing and in so doing define the moment instead of being defined by the moment & very few lingering prejudices.

“If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way.”

“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.”

In all conscience, truth must be told in this lifetime and/or not centuries later. If it’s not now, when?

I’m no longer afraid to speak the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth with humility, integrity, love & good will to all & show malevolence to nobody. The fundamental opinion of our commentary is to try to unravel the truth about the irrelevant and superfluous systems that strongly and staunchly imbedded in the human beliefs. Please, try to be mindful in understanding the purpose of the realities and refrain from bad tagging and pigeon-holing for commenting the truth about all archaic system of monarchies.

Congratulations to Harry, amid losing his equally demeaned mother at a younger age, for being brave to opening up his anguish (heart) to all of us who have lived and are living under similar circumstances and profoundly standing up for his wife stalwartly.

Read more other reflections on leaders, royalties, different business bogusness & immoral dealings time immemorial: https://timeforchangesociety.blogspot.com/2019/08/who-can-we-trust.html