Reply #61: BeHereNow- i couldn't agree with

[Bluerthanblue]

you, and Scarletwoman more.....

And i'm sorry for the continued pain, and the reality of what is REALLY important that you've been going through-

My kids and i say "I see live people" to situations like this-
When the words come over the radio saying "______ died today" as if they were reporting the Dow Jones report-

i'm going to go off on a tangent here, but your comment made me need to say this to you-

Today i taught a craft class at my 11yr old son's camp- We made "unity sticks" planned a few weeks ago. They were just wooden sticks wrapped with yarn at the tip- green to represent the land then Red, Yellow, Black and White topped with blue for the sky- i told them an african legend about an elder who was approaching death.
The people of his village gathered round him, and he wanted to leave them with a message of hope. So he told all the people to go out and get a stick- then he told them to break the stick in half, which they all did. He told them to go get another stick, and when they had, he said "put all your sticks together" which they did, and then he said "NOW try and break the pile of sticks-" which they could not do. "We are like these sticks, alone we break easily, but together we are strong" Then i taught the kids a song to sing (that went with the melody i had learned as a girlscout, which my son helped me come up with) it goes-
"You are my sister, and you are my brother,"
"We share this earth together"
"We're part of one another"
"Alone, we're weak, together we're strong"
"Please come and help us sing our song" repeat

it seemed so......bizarre singing and encouraging this group of beautiful, children from so many backgrounds (and countries) today of all days...... but i saw their innocence.... and their idealism...
and like you, it broke my heart-

i feel so incredibly discouraged by the 'grown-ups' running this world -who are really wounded kids, turned to bullies, and who do more than
kick, and 'beat up' those who are smaller than them, or whose lives are so full of chaos, that they need to 'control' others, at any cost.

sorry to go off on such a long story- but when you posted your reply, it landed in my heart- and if only for a short time reminded me, how there ARE still many of 'us' out here- and the children of today, are counting on us not to give up-

thank you both, thank you all for still believing

depression chases me relentlessly- but you just tripped him up- for a spell-

love, hugs, and thanks to you, and all the people who 'see living people' through all this dust and confusion.

blu