Thinking in our usual narrow terms has created the world we live in today.
What kind of world can we create by thinking in uplifting terms for all of us?
Colonialism has always destroyed the land and people it invaded.
What if the land and people were honored, crops and governmental systems left in place, appropriate environmental and cultural practices were continued?
From Columbus onward through time, working cultures have been destroyed for the purpose of overwhelming greed which was then displaced by another Western power a few years later.
The time left to us could be best spent in learning the traditions which sustained cultures for centuries before they were interrupted by outside powers.
The powers within the cultures cultivated community, respect and care for all members, and prosperity, through food, art and ritual.
That seems to me to be the best approach, a wider view which includes respectful employment and celebration for everyone.
© 2017 Kathryn Hardage
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