Just a feeling

Sometimes you don't have to mind about not winning, if to win means going in the wrong direction.

I want to live

I want to live.

I want to live where the colour of the skin and where you have come from doesn't matter.

I want to live where war is not a solution and the past is not glorified.

I want to live where power is not abused and I want to live where the poorest are respected.

I want to live where dogma is not dominant and ideas flow freely.

I want to live where meeting people is always a pleasure.

I want to live where my neighbour smiles whatever their background.

I want to live where the elephant in the room is only an elephant in the room, and every conversation is only just what it is.

I want to live where personal views are only personal views.

I want to live where there is no hidden agenda, where you and I can say what we mean.

I want to live where the sun shines out of a blue sky 50% of the time.

I want to live where things that go wrong are not the end of the world.

I want to live where human beings do not hide in denial of mortality.

I want to live where illness is cared for and not just barely paid for.

I want to live where doing business is not a reason for doing the wrong thing.

I want to live where disagreements are understood not vilified and turned into hate.

I want to live where us and them doesn't exist.

I want to live where 'optimist' is not a rude word to be sneered at with scepticism.

I want to live where a diverse world is a reality, not a monoculture of ideas and nature expected.

I want to live where trees are free to grow not just because they are an economic asset.

I want to live where sharing is not considered stupid and naive.

I want to live where the pursuit of heightened experiences are understood for being just that.

I want to live where, if we have to have a god, that it is not just part of an economic balance sheet.

I want to live where being fed up is replaced by awe with what we already have.

I want to live where laughter is natural and heard often.

I want to live where paying taxes is ok because it benefits everyone.

I want to live where sensitivity is not considered crass or impractical.

I want to live where passion is not replaced by neurotic fears that inhibit our real feelings.

I want to live where the shit jobs are made better and the word 'lazy' is no longer used against people who want to do them less.

I want to live where my personal resistances do not interfere with your personal aspirations.

and

above all I want to live

here, and now.

...and still man hates and kills

One is constantly worrying how one can change what is going on in the world and yet it seems that we do this whilst still remaining in conflict within ourselves even if we come up with so called solutions.

The birthplace of the aggression in the world surely comes from within us - the inner becomes the outer, which is the outward aggression we see all around us. 

If we change the inner so no conflict arises there, the same question no longer resides so we can stop asking how we can change the turmoil in the world into peace. 

The inner becomes the outer. The question becomes action. 

All the time we do not change the same question persists and nothing is resolved and the conflict and sorrow continues. 

If we can have inner peace we will surely have outward action and the anxiety of the question of how to change the world ceases.