LIST OF HOPE
Today there was a post on my Facebook by Keith Barber (shared by Sharon Alder): The Berlin Wall stood for 10,316 days. Today it has been down for 10,316 days.
What a wonderful
time it was when the Berlin Wall was taken down... it gave so many people hope
for a better world. We need such a powerful symbol of tyranny to be taken down
again, to inspire people everywhere and give people hope again. Actually, what
is really needed are rays of light starting to shine everywhere... such
as:
1) Shutting down Guantanamo Bay
2) Taking down the wall Trump is building between the U.S. and Mexico
3) Ending the war in Syria
4) Closing down most of the U.S. bases in other countries across the world, starting with places that people have protested their presence, such as Okinawa and Jeju Island
5) NATO falling apart
6) North and South Korea ending their war and declaring peace in Korea
7) Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
8) Actual community building across the U.S.
9) Prosecution of war profiteers and Wall Street financial scam con artists
10) Conviction of U.S. war criminals
11) Restitution to countries that the U.S. has aggressively bombed in wars that Congress never approved or actions that the U.N. never sanctioned, or that were based on lies and fabrications.
12) Shutting down the Federal Reserve
13) The U.S. dollar no longer being used as the major foreign currency reserve
14) China and Japan undertaking a peace and reconciliation process
15) The U.S. opening up again to Cuba
16) Russia getting the respect that it deserves on the world stage
17) Julian Assange being freed to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
18) Global celebrations and environmental projects uniting humanity
19) Ending the legal status of corporations which allows economic and environmental crimes to be committed without individual culpability
20) restoring accountability to the electoral process in the U.S., taking steps so that each person truly has one vote
Those are just a few ideas tossed off the top of my head of things that might happen which would give me hope for the future. I just wrote this as ideas came to me; it's more of a brainstorming than anything else. This list is not prioritized, but I'm sure we could grow it if more people gave it some thought and added to it. For people reading this, what are some of the things that would give you hope, just off the top of your head?
Remember, we cannot change the world until we have a vision of what needs to be done. Just fantasizing about a better world without seeing what steps need to be taken to get there is simply escapism. It is wonderful to see so many people on a spiritual journey, and yes, it starts with each and every one of us, but until we see that we must take action in this shared reality to make changes, even becoming a saint will not suffice.
1) Shutting down Guantanamo Bay
2) Taking down the wall Trump is building between the U.S. and Mexico
3) Ending the war in Syria
4) Closing down most of the U.S. bases in other countries across the world, starting with places that people have protested their presence, such as Okinawa and Jeju Island
5) NATO falling apart
6) North and South Korea ending their war and declaring peace in Korea
7) Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
8) Actual community building across the U.S.
9) Prosecution of war profiteers and Wall Street financial scam con artists
10) Conviction of U.S. war criminals
11) Restitution to countries that the U.S. has aggressively bombed in wars that Congress never approved or actions that the U.N. never sanctioned, or that were based on lies and fabrications.
12) Shutting down the Federal Reserve
13) The U.S. dollar no longer being used as the major foreign currency reserve
14) China and Japan undertaking a peace and reconciliation process
15) The U.S. opening up again to Cuba
16) Russia getting the respect that it deserves on the world stage
17) Julian Assange being freed to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
18) Global celebrations and environmental projects uniting humanity
19) Ending the legal status of corporations which allows economic and environmental crimes to be committed without individual culpability
20) restoring accountability to the electoral process in the U.S., taking steps so that each person truly has one vote
Those are just a few ideas tossed off the top of my head of things that might happen which would give me hope for the future. I just wrote this as ideas came to me; it's more of a brainstorming than anything else. This list is not prioritized, but I'm sure we could grow it if more people gave it some thought and added to it. For people reading this, what are some of the things that would give you hope, just off the top of your head?
Remember, we cannot change the world until we have a vision of what needs to be done. Just fantasizing about a better world without seeing what steps need to be taken to get there is simply escapism. It is wonderful to see so many people on a spiritual journey, and yes, it starts with each and every one of us, but until we see that we must take action in this shared reality to make changes, even becoming a saint will not suffice.
Ariel Ky
4/30/2018
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