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Through My Eyes
Through My Eyes
Date: 2024-02-01
"You are not onlyresponsible for what you say, but also for what you donot say."
Martin Luther King Jr
Somany stories, running around inside my head. It has been a while since Iallowed my thoughts to see the light of day. 2024 has arrived and with allsorts of unbounded enthusiasm, I rejoice at a new year filled with all theoptimism and enthusiasm I can muster.
Ha!Ha! How false does that sound? Sooo... false but it is what it is and I continueto stick to this narrative. Please continue reading.
Iguess I am trying to imagine the world without the faces of the bombed anddisplaced. The world where we are all nurtured and soothed by a lovingcommunity and society. A world where neighbour helps neighbour; and we neverbetray on one another as a principle of trust and mutual respect.
Andso because this is so clearly missing from our lives, we have to somehowencourage our imaginations to conjure up a story of hope and eternalcheerfulness.
Incommon reality, we really do not have a hope in hell of achieving any peace ofmind. If we continue to watch the global news propaganda and listen to thepolitical, economical, and medical agendas shoved at us from every angle.
Ouronly hope of a half decent life is to make reality up. I hope this does notoffend anyone reading this. Having written this column for thirty years, I havealways tried to be optimistic and positively charged.
ArthurSchopenhauer believed the fundamental nature of reality isn't rational ororderly, its driven by indifferent, irrational force he called the 'will'. Aseemingly blind, incessant striving underlying all our existence. He believedthat the 'will' was the aimless, ceaseless source of all suffering, driving usto forever amend our desires and our unattainable aspirations. This same 'will'allows us to be stuck in this pathetic cycle of relentless suffering.
Ilooked at life through my pink shaded lenses and I was comfortable with thenarrative I had created. Often times making myself cry to achieve my objectiveof creating a feel good column. But it has become increasingly hard to fake thestoryline and I hope and pray it's only the shifting of some tectonic platesand the start of the age of the Kali Yuga that's causing these drastic changesto our civilisation, and not the effects of social media, fast food deliveries,5G and the filth that is lurking in our oceans, drinking water and the food weconsume.
Isit just me, or has human life become ever so strained and complicated? Havingan inquisitive nature, I am always seeking people's moods and picking up onhuman vibrations. From my humble observations, things globally are complicated.
Havingreturned from a seven week extended holiday in Europe, I can honestly say, it'sfunky out there and yes we can all hide behind the veil of, "You're imaginingit." And "You're projecting..." "Oh please, you're watching too much Tick-Tock."No, it is really happening. The world has gone slightly bonkers and I'm justgoing to pretend that all is well this side.
Ihope you're all hanging in there. Keeping strong and riding out this storm ofuncertainty.
Voltaire once observed, "The mostcourageous decision that you can make each day is to be in a good mood." Andthat is going to be my 2024 resolution...
