I just had a call from a lovely friend of mine who is 83..a real elder of the tribe! She said she was thanking her lucky stars that she was young in the 1930s and 40s rather than in our present time.
That gave me food for thought as she had lived through the second world war, including the occupation of her country by the Nazis with all the resulting horrors.
Again, the same view was echoed to me as I've heard from so many different people over the last month.....that her fear was, that we are facing the beginning a serious breakdown of the stability we take for granted...that the current kind of western civilisation we have is simply falling apart.
It strikes me, if there is some truth in this, it is an incredibly important time to remain steady in oneself, to hold fast to our values and to do everything we can personally to maintain a good standard of life and living - one that, in whatever small way, could be part of the pioneering of a new way, a new time.
No comments:
Post a Comment