Curio
What about the rest of us? What about those of us who embraced the values of our fathers and our social construct to find that they're predicated on lies and bigotry? What about those of us who contributed to a world that turned it's back on reason and instead opted for the mystical and the fantasy of unrealizeable dreams? What about those of us who invested in beliveing that our patriarchs and our "models" revealed "truth" to us when in fact they're nothing more than spokespersons for ulterior agendas? You spent your time working with women in Mexico who for a variety of reasons were placed in the position of victim to dynamics beyond their control.....to become a victim yourself!
What about your message and your right to hammer home that message to a people unwilling to listen and disassociated from the consequences?
Mikey - I hear you
I don't understand about the "rest of us" in your message. We are all getting through life together are we not? Investment in what others' believe to be true or hope to guide us into gives over our control to them when life is a journey we have to take on our own - equipped of course with what we are taught, but as you know often what we have been told and/or taught is through the eyes, mind and heart of another set of hopes - not always ours.
"You spent your time working with women in Mexico..." Are you referring to me? I have never been to Mexico -what I did for much of one school year until it was cut off with an accidental crop-spraying incident, was to work with farm laborers in California - women who became pregnant, giving them information as to prenatal medical care, child care and nutrition, and centers where they could receive further assistance. The alternative had been ( and may still be ) birthing a child in the fields with no assistance whatsoever.
I don't feel a victim at all Mikey - I honestly don't know where you are going with this. I do know that before the internet there was private gossip and word of mouth and inter-family opinion shared verbally or written - now we do the same with complete strangers - and perhaps more stridently because they are strangers and we don't necessarily 'own' what we write - but we rarely hold back some strong emotions if they present.
Is this a good thing or not? I have no idea - it is up to the individual to take what is there in our world these days - or to ignore the process rather than taking part.
The original theory posited is that the world seemed to be getting angrier. I stated it has always been so - humans have always had complaints and upsets.
Should I say personalities are more unforgiving these days? I believe (my opinion only) they have always been so but that the internet has exposed these issues more frequently in forums such as this. Alternatively there are some beautiful friendships which can be
found in the vast cyberworld if one is fortunate to share one.
I think you know well as do I - we can't win accolades from everyone for whatever we write, think or speak. Nor should we expect to. We can only take what is beneficial to our daily lives - and if we receive no benefit then consider forums as fun much like watching television and try to put them into a lesser category of import.
What is disappointing to me are those who never change and seem to be locked into a repetitive mantra saying the same things, having no eureka messages or ideas to share but only criticism of things we have little control over. I wonder what they 'get' out of it.
