Mother Nature could have said...Oh I can't do that. I don't have enough time, It is too radical a change. This is not the way we always do it. It isn't a good time yet. I haven't planned this all out yet. I don't know if I can do all that! She just did it.
Humans make so many excuses, and over much smaller changes that they need to make.How often have you heard the words in the last paragraph? They are excuses, not reasons. reasons have validity to them. Excuses are reasons that you give for doing or not doing something that you should have taken care of. An excuse is a handy tool for getting out of doing something that you don't want to do.
Change is inevitable. The more we embrace it and move with it instead of against it, the easier things will be.The quicker we embrace it, the smoother the transition. This doesn't mean there won't be some discomfort or nervousness, but we tend to make the matter worse by resisting what will be no matter what we do.
I talk to so many people each day who have had loved ones walk out on them months , or even years ago. They are still waiting for their return. Once in a very rare while, people do return, and I suppose that "Fairy Tale hope" is what keeps people from moving on, but they are a one in a million shot. When something really ends, and ends for a period of time....move on. When a person tells you "go away", that means "go away".
When Mother nature can perform such huge tasks as she sees necessary, so can you. Make plans that are realistic, and that you are willing to work towards, then go!
Now, back to Friday's homework....
Now, back to Friday's homework:
A reader wrote in that we all believed that we went somewhere else when we die. Cultures had different beliefs (and still do) , about where that was and what it was like, but they all believed there was something beyond death. There are people today that believe that there is nothing, but they are a new breed, and seem to be trying to alleviate fear more than anything else...when belief of life after death should do that for them. The idea of the unknown and inseen is what scares them, although I doubt they would ever admit fear.
Another sent in was a taboo about cannibalism, but more specifically killing a person to eat them. Most people would eat boiled shoe leather and roots before dining on another person. There a rare few that see cannibalism as OK, but they usually do not kill anyone just to eat them. They will only perform the act of eating another person's flesh after death was handed out by an illness, accident or old age.
Another was suicide. We know it is wrong, and most people who do commit suicide are either in mental/emotional distress/illness or dire circumstances (like those who jumped from the burning World trade Center is 2001).
Some asked for more time to think, and we will see what they come up with!
Enjoy the week!
Peshaui Wequashimese
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