My ‘Glimpse’ of How I See My World.Is This Yours?

 

When I awake to the beauty of where I live, ‘here on the farm’, I feel blessed. From my bed, I can see fields, trees, skies and nature at its best. The views from every window are breathtaking. I can see my ponies grazing in the fields and  although they have health issues, they are happy. My little dog Cody on my bed and my cats wherever they choose to be. All happy, all safe and all loved. My little world is good on the whole and I am forever grateful. We have had hard times but love has never left our home.

It seems the outside world is out of step with us here, or am I out of step with the rest of the world? If I am, I am glad to be so.A while ago I stopped watching the news, BREXIT for me was beginning to be the only thing everyone was talking about and as long as we do what the people asked for, I will just wait and see and hope all turns out okay. I am too old in the tooth to go on rallies, etc. Done that, been there, worn the T’shirt so to speak. But in the past few weeks, this last week in particular, the world seems to be on self destruct. I have heard and seen violence in so many parts of our world, unrest, murders, attacks, criminality of every kind and every depth, I sometimes think that my world here, is not part of any of it. Doesn’t want to be part of it.Oh how I wish that was possible!

It seems there is so  much anger about. People within families, so easily cut relatives out of their lives, shut them out,cancel the past,the memories and continue in their lives as though that person never existed. Angry at what? Maybe they never really know.I feel for some, family means very little.  Yes life  is harder on some fronts than it was when I was a child but so much easier on others. My childhood was hard, scary and painful as I have told before but the rest of my family, were close. We had grandparents and great aunts, cousins etc who we all looked up to , respected. I know now had any of them known what was happening to me, they would have helped. That’s what families do, or rather did. We had things going on in our community, fetes, bring and buy sales, church outings, family outings, into the country or to the sea. Families spent time together, villages and towns, people knew everyone and cared about their neighbours. No computers or mobiles, no theme parks or adventure centres, we had the great outdoors and loved every minute of it. So much easier to please us back then, but not now.Now the world has become greedy, taking things for granted, no appreciation of what it has and always seemingly wanting more. Material belongings have become super important and people secondary in some cases. Today, we have so much, take a look around you. Material things , competing to have the best of everything, the latest phone, clothes, cars etc.but forgetting important things like people, conversation, compassion.People back when I was young, enjoyed others successes, joined in their celebrations without envy. Helped others when they needed it. It’s called community, something we seem to be losing at an alarming rate.I never heard of people being knifed, beaten up, crimes against elderly people, we all looked out for each other. How sad this world is becoming.

For many, material wealth is off the scale but Mother nature’s wealth is beyond measuring and we are destroying it.Looking around me, listening to the news, seeing crime and destruction, those in authority turning a blind eye to what we are doing to our planet and each other, makes me sad but mostly angry. What can I do? I can try and spread love to those who will accept it. Always show people kindness and respect. Care for those whether animal or human in any way that I can. Care about my environment, do my bit to combat pollution, over use, destruction. For every tree taken down ‘in error’,as some were, here on the farm, we have planted another. We keep our river clean, re-use anything we can and save what we can. Not much but along with any other ‘green’ way of living, I hope we are doing our bit.

In this past week we have seen the destruction of the rain forests, not by natural forces but possibly by intention. How wicked. How futile. How dangerous. Whoever was responsible is risking  the future of the planet, our future and their own but seems uncaring about the results of this devastation.We are living on this planet as though we had another one, tucked away for the future. We haven’t. This is it!

Crime seems to also take up a huge amount of the news.I read of a son who attacked his own parents. How bad is that! The people who gave him life. No respect for that or for his own life it seems. Admitted I don’t know the facts but being a parent surely should mean that the person least likely to harm you is your own child. Did he do this because he was angry?

A boyfriend who murdered the girl he loved! Loved! No of course that was not an act of love. Because he was angry?

More shootings abroad, killing and maiming innocent people, for what? Because they were angry?How often do we hear this. Maybe something was wrong in the person’s life and anger took over!

The killing of a young policeman doing his duty. The killing of a social worker, again doing her duty. When will it all stop??!!??

Acts of terrorism, extreme acts that kill children and innocent people, in the name of religion. If religion makes you kill, change your religion!!

Unrest in Japan and China and now unrest on the streets of the UK. I read of crimes against elderly people, beatings of the elderly, cruelty to children and animals. Destruction in my own hometown of War memorials. Parks. No respect for anyone or anything. Just cruelty and destruction of people, animals and material things. Everyone appears to be so angry and uses that, not for the good of themselves or others but to harm and destroy. Why not use all that pent up emotion, for the good. Just think what could be achieved. If there is life on another planet we do not need to fear it, they wouldn’t want to come here!

If only the powers that be, took heed. We don’t need to destroy our planet, Nature will do that for us if we are not careful. Floods, hurricanes, fires caused by natural disasters etc.Changes in climate although Mr Trump would not have that.Nature is not doing that  willingly ,not for greed, power but with the help of us humans, our beautiful world seems to be set on self destruct with our help. Killing each other, killing our environment, polluting our waters, polluting our air. Sometimes through power in the wrong hands, sometimes through greed. We need to wake up fast!

We need to work together beginning at home. Beginning with family. If families stay loving each other, that will spread to the world they live in. Will become second nature. Empathy will return and care and respect for each other. We need to teach our children to love everyone. To treat  them with respect. To take care of their world in a way, some in these past years, haven’t. We need to teach them that everyone is important, everyone worth the same. We need to bring back something that has gone, empathy. I listened in the week to Billy Bragg on ‘what makes us human’. He says it is empathy, I agree. Compassion for others , no division, we seem to have lost this ability at least some have.No matter what colour, creed or religion, we are all children of this wonderful place we call home and it is the only one we have.

This sounds an angry blog , well I suppose it is in a way but it is something that I worry about. Killing each other, spending our precious lives hurting others, stealing what is not ours, fighting and destroying, is a waste of our lives and those of our children.We act as though we have time, that we have another planet, we act like waste doesn’t matter. Well I have a surprise for those who think this way, you don’t have time, you don’t have anywhere else to go after the earth is destroyed. This is it, so treasure it. It is a bit late for my generation, but not too late for my grandchildren so I hope this resonates with some who are young enough to try and make a difference in their own lives. Start by showing respect. Respect for the earth,for family, for others, the elderly and mostly for themselves.

On a bigger scale we need better communication. This begins at home. Make things right with those you have fallen out with, you may not have another chance. For governments, talk to each other, be reasonable, a little give and take would be good and less tit for tat that I see all the time, in our Government and America’s. Accept that somethings will happen, no matter what we do, what we want, don’t resort to violence to get what you think is right. Violence is never the answer. Arguing is never the answer.Lying is never the answer. distorting the truth to gain what you want,is never the answer. Honesty and compassion, empathy and compromise. The whole world needs this more than ever before, in my eyes.

If I had a wish it would be that the whole world woke up and realised that this is the only world we have. That man must work together, to save it. Loving, caring, sharing and respecting each other and the planet. Yes maybe that is my Utopia but I really believe, that showing each other these qualities could unite us and help us save this beautiful world we call home.If not world -wide, our own little part of it, how good life would be then for us all.

I feel helpless at this time of worldly upset, I feel we have turned on each other, that the world has turned on it’s head and doesn’t know which way is up. But for now and the future, ‘here on the farm’, my little bit of earth, my world, I will keep trying to do my bit. I will continue to love others, even those who don’t love me. I will live honestly, carefully, respectfully and hope that for the remainder of my time here, that will be enough. 

I don’t recognise the world as it has become, it makes me very sad. I fear for it’s future. Your future, my future but all I can do is my best. Maybe you could too.

Thank you for reading x