They want what you do.They want jobs!
They want peace, prosperity, simple pleasures. They want safety for their children, extended families, friends. They want education and purpose. They want enough.
They want to be free of dictators - all kinds.
They want choice. They want clean water, a roof over their head, food in the pot. They want to be able to travel and experience other cultures. They want stability.They want what you want.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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It's so easy to take all that we have for granted, and to forget that so many in this world have so much less.
Thanks for the reminder.
why is that so hard to understand?
Amen to that.
Yes, indeed, we are all pretty much the same inside, aren't we? What else can be important?:):)
Agreed...
Your blog post raises some interesting points to contemplate.
(Love the name of your blog. It's so appropriate for this phase of life.)
Jane
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amen. in the grand scheme of things we are not that much different...
This post made me think of the word "enemy." End-of-me.
If we are all interconnected beings, I wonder why we would want to destroy parts of ourselves, no matter if that part is one we have yet to completely understand...
The pictures are so descriptive of the similarity between cultures. The smile, their hopes and dreams, not any different than my own. :-)
Also, please have a great weekend yourself!
Great post. Some countries are way ahead of us in many ways. Costa Rica is so ecologically oriented that their power comes from: hydroelectrics, steam, solar, and wind. No nuclear plants anywhere. More than 38% of the country is preserved either by the government or through private ownership. Some countries, in other words, already have the choices that we do.
They sure do. Maybe, if we work together, we will all succeed.
I don't know where the Arab Spring demonstrators get their courage from. I am humbled by their willingness to continue to push for democratic freedoms in the face of brutal opposition. But the hopes of the Spanish and Greek demonstrators are a bit naive, I think. Their country's problems are economic, and no amount of demonstrating is going to change the fact that extreme austerity measure are needed to bring their economies back to health.
And "they" even love there children! I once heard this comment somewhere, a if this was a surprise or a revelation that needed to be made clear. Unbelievable how much ignorance there is in this world, even now with all our ways of connecting and learning.
A great and enlightened post- thanks. We are one people. We want the same things for us and our kids.
All people in all walks of life and places basicly all want the same thing. We are so much alike!
this is so true everywhere - i am visiting israel and greece and all anyone wants anywhere in the world is peace, the ability to make a living for their family, small pleasures and freedom from violence, as you state so well here.
as shrinky said, amen to that.
We're all connected.
such a simple set of basic things, and yet, we tend to pile a whole lot of other stuff. Great post, Nancy.
They've been a very important lesson to us all. Unfortunately, the forces lined up against so many of us who long for a simple and decent life are very powerful.
and tenacious.
Great reality check.
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