We can be saved

If we build a bridge.
Not a tower or a bomb or a dam or a nuclear power plant.
If we build a bridge.
Not a riot or a genocide or a war or a conquest.
If we build a bridge.
Not a clear cutting or a mass poisoning or an extracting or a mining.
If we build a bridge.
Not a mass extinction.

A bridge that anyone can cross.  A bridge that is built by all of us.  7 billion+ strong.  It is built on a foundation of love with beams made of hope and courage and bolted together by trust, ingenuity, imagination and integrity.  A bridge that finally sees the preciousness of unique and each person's individuality as equal.  A bridge where diversity adds beauty and colour to the design.  A bridge that leads us from the banks of the status quo, over impossible to a new land we haven't yet seen. 

It's impossible.
If we don't work together.
It's impossible.
If we wait too long to realize the potential that is innate in each of us.
It's impossible.
If we're not willing to entertain the power of love to transform and heal.
It's impossible.
If we don't start with ourselves and start building our relationships with others.  Old and young.  Male and Female.  Conservative and Liberal.  Capitalists/Free-market advocates and Socialists/Communists.  White and Black and Red and Yellow.  Rural and Urban.  Christian and Muslim and Hindu and Buddhist and Jain and Sikh and etc.  We're all in this together.

This is personal.  This is global.  This is it.  Now or never.  Let's make it worth living for.

experiential learning

Sometimes people need to be pushed in the wrong direction in order for them to realize the mistake they are making. Sometimes you need to stop resisting their persistence so they can realize on their own what you already know.
People often have a hard time understanding consequences of actions no matter how clearly explained. Maybe this is a generalization. . .however, future events that almost necessarily follow certain actions, can not be construed, often times by a lingual warning alone. Without concrete, practical, experiential learning done on one's own, some events are unavoidable I guess. . .part of life learning. Through trial and error, getting hurt, actually being put in the "best avoided situation" and seeing the downfall, one can decide to make a change and take steps (or not) to avoid such situations in the future. It can be hard though to have gone through something and gained knowledge from it that you would like to share with others so that they need not go through the same painful experience, only to find that they don't listen, don't understand. . .or even turn on you because the truth is hard. All one can do is watch from the sidelines and try to lend a compassionate heart and listening ear when asked. . .The yang side of love, I guess.

それでも幸せ

普通だと. . .
悲しくなるはず
淋しくなるはず
辛くなるはず
. . .なのに今は幸せだ。

何故かと言うと. . .
頭がおかしいからか
理想が高すぎるからか
終ってないと言う気がするからか
. . .分からないけど今は幸せだ。

またいつか. . .
ビタミンＦとＭを作って、食べよう
準州に行って、北極光を見よう
アフリカ、特にビクトリアの瀧.、に行こう
. . .ね。

短い間だったけど. . .
楽しかった。
ありがとう。
元気で行ってらっしゃい。