Yesterday someone very close to me said something so careless it stunned me. When pointed out, they quickly retracted their statement, but all the same, the damage had been done. When pressed as to why she made the statement her answer was that the individual had morally low values. My answer to that was so what? does a person with values different to your own deserve to be hurt? Does our definition of humanity depend on morality,or on DNA. If I am determined to be a person , and legally recognised as such, does that then not mean that what would hurt me would hurt another?

What shocked me is that this person who is very smart, very sensitive, could make such an insensitive statement just because the situation does not involve them, it got me thinking, to what degree are we as so called civilised society actually civilised.

Is it that the greater society has put in place so many rules and more importantly repercussions to breaking these rules that we are actually governed externally and not internally.

Does the neighbour who sees a potential crime happening in the neighbourhood call the police because its the right thing to do, or because they feel that if they do not, then when the crime is commited and the questions are asked later, they may be accused of being a bad neighbour. Does the person who gives money to an appeal do it because they genuinely want to help, or is it guilt alleviation

I think that we need to take a closer look at ourselves and ask what motivates us, fear or love, to act out of love is to be genuine in concern and action, to act out of fear is selfish as it smacks of self preservation.

What is civilisation, is it great cities, roads and greater pollution? True civilisation in my opinion is self actualisation, that village in some unnamed country that only has one car and three bicycles may be the one teach us what it means to truly love one another. What is morality but un unwritten code of behaviour, each society determines their own code, there is no global morality, only global humanity. In every country of the world, i am recognised as a person, so please i ask, judge me as you would like to be judged yourself

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I am a little frustrated, i cant believe we are halfway through the year and nothing has changed.. I feel like if i see one more book or article on how I am the architect of change i will scream!! I know i have a contribution to the direction my life should be going, and that is why i am frustrated.. i can see the end, i know what i want, i even generated the road map on how to get there, but the obstacles are killing me!! I know they say life is not the end but the journey, but goodness me, cant this journey be a little easier.  Every time i thik i have got a breakthrough, i turn the corner and realise ive been walking down, not up.. Its like freaking the world through the looking glass, nothing makes sense..

At this point I'm just holding on to what i know and those around me who offer unwavering support to my dreams.  i admit though, they start to think of me as a dreamer "Oh that one, she's been talking about this for a couple of years now, but we love her all the same"... Nuff said.

 I need me a little inspiration, to paint my vision back to colour

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