2017 continues to be a year of uncertainty. We are now into April - spring in the northern hemisphere and here in the southern hemisphere we are feeling the relief of cooler nights and pleasant autumn days.
However I feel the northern hemisphere is starting to reflect the change into warmer weather and the heat of summer on the horizon ... many European elections will perhaps mirror this season of uncertainty ... and the Brexit move has officially begun. Did I hear the words spoken ... "there is no going back"? It is time, I believe, to start dreaming for our world .... What do we want it to look like in 10-20 years time, 50 years time, and longer term for our descendants who are not even "a twinkle" in anyone's eye yet. It is time for leaders to stand up, take the blindfolds and blinkers off their eyes. Blinkers that narrow their focus. We are at a point in world history where we need wise leaders with vision and hope, so that this world can "pull it together". As well as the threat of terrorism through all sorts of methods, including chemical warfare, the ugliness of nuclear weapons is beginning to reappear. I know I sometimes look back and reflect on the "cold war" period - a time in world history, that as a young person, I felt overwhelmed with the enormity of the nuclear race. I felt we were doomed as a planet to the consequences of such weapons. And indeed it came very close to the edge. Today however, I again worry about certain countries feeling the need to build up these destructive weapons once again. Undoing the good achieved in the 1970's and 1980's. Therefore, I ask the question, what was it that we did do well 50 years ago to stop that downward spiral? What was it that gave us our planet back? Is it relevant to what is happening in 2017?
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AuthorSamthoughts.com is authored by an Australian, who recently discovered a love of writing. CategoriesArchives
December 2019
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