As we see the
elements of change all around us, we are still most likely to want to stay in
the status quo of our own lives. This is the difference between those who are
comfortably off in financial and emotional terms and those who are without
funds and love in their lives.
It is easy to want
to stay the same when your comfortable lives are complete without a care in the
world, but few can guarantee that this will last forever.
Most souls on this
planet are living lives without all the easy living that so many in the West
take for granted. They have to struggle
to get by each and every day and there is no backup system to put food on the
table for their family and to provide for their children.
Even in the wealthy
parts of the West, where there is freewill and free choice, so many are
suffering the abuse and mistakes that have been made around them.
Many have lost that
interaction between people and expect a man to take on a woman and give her a meal
ticket for life. Love and respect has to
be earned and is not a free bank account for sexual favours.
Too many want to
know when they will get a man or another man to fulfil their lives and to make
them secure and safe for the rest of their days. Too many don’t want to work for their future,
but expect it to be shaped for them.
We are all given a
life to live and need to understand that it is not just for our interests and
comforts, but for those around us to benefit from us being here at all.
Getting through from
day to day is a Universal problem, but with many different levels of
expectations. For some it is the basic
lack of food and fresh water, the need for shelter or medical attention and an
education for their families.
Political actions
have caused the massive migrations of people looking for a new life, when
theirs has been traumatised by wars, famine or political corruption.
The people, in the
so called western civilised world, do not take their responsibilities seriously
enough to admit their political failings in the international arena, where they
have exploited and abused peoples who have suffered at their hands.
Governments have
supported political rulers, who are very light on human relations and rule with
an iron fist to keep their regimes enriched with the spoils of their common
people, in order to get the trade deals or material franchises for themselves.
It is rare that a
Government refuses to trade with a nation who is abusing their people and where
human rights in some countries are considered a joke!
It is about time that we, who are
comfortably off, allowed our attention to understand the lives of others around
the world and to put our voices and our purchasing power where it can do some
good.
As change is all about us, we need to be
able to listen to our consciences and to understand that we are doing all that
we practically can for those who are less fortunate than ourselves.
It is not always necessary to look abroad,
but to see that the so called wealthier nations have much poverty and
homelessness within their own societies.
Broken lives are all around us and yet few
of us are qualified enough to help those who struggle, but we can put out our
prayers to the Higher Intelligences beyond our own experience to ask for help
for the needy and to show us the way that we can best help.
Nobody is alone, as we are all helped if we
ask, but too many feel alone, because they have lost hope and can’t find love
as that basic need that we should all be giving to those who are crying out to
us for help.
Jenny and Michael Ayers
Saturday, 5th November 2016
