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Forward or Backward

Forward or Backward


 The world is full of challenges right now and that is putting it lightly. There are two main directions that we can go, forward or backward.

The world is full of challenges right now and that is putting it lightly. There are two main directions that we can go, forward or backward.

Forward, for me, is that all cultures, people, and the world are seen as part of the whole, not judged, seen as less, or able to be left out/left behind/left back. We come together for the common good, making sure that all have enough, all are cared for, and all have a safe place to live and grow.
Backward, in my opinion, is that we continue to believe that some cultures and people are better than others and the earth is something to be used. We believe that we have to get ours because there isn't enough to go around (whatever it is) so the goal is to make sure me and mine have ours; are safe, even if it means that others aren't.
Forward isn't some pie in the sky and it isn't easy. It will take all we are, all we have and then some. But God created this world so that we can have an abundant life, we just have to change what abundance is: not stuff, money, vacation homes, bling, power over others, the best and most expensive. Abundance is pursing our passions, being in a community that lives in harmony with all life, and not having to worry about what we are going to eat, but living in the moment.

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