Friday, March 25, 2011

Expanding the envelope (#784)

This is a no-brainer! Our human "envelope" is flat and in need of expansion. The status-quo is not a testimonial to our greater strengths. We are still in the dark ages of applied reason. Perhaps we will grow from our current dilemma of selfishness and greed, a paradigm that seems to have grown roots so deep that extracting them is painful and excruciatingly slow. I do believe we will eventually withdraw from this backwards and brutish behaviour but a time of wrestling must occur before it will be withdrawn and a new paradigm of cooperation and common welfare is implemented. That is the expansion of the envelope of which I am alluding. It is a bit simplistic for me to challenge us all to better ourselves when most of us are already doing that same thing. It is the least among us, those with power and the unwillingness to change, whom are the ones offering the most resistance to changing to a more humane existence. The old arguments of tradition and privilege are not sustainable any more, yet they are being clung to with an almighty will of fervency. The time has come for the envelope to be stretched out to it's limit of bursting to allow for the dignified human instincts of care and wonder to be the dominant traits humanity can exhibit. I will continue to call for the insights of optimism and respect as the catalyst for our vision of the future and the tools we need to attain them. Every child is the son and daughter of our species. Every adult is a parent of our species and finally every mature senior is a beloved wise sage when given the opportunity to express informed knowledge. We are the greatest species of potential and real possibility to have existed in our human era. It will be up to us to create the society and conditions necessary for that dynamic to continue and flourish.

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