By taking the wisdom we have learned from past events, we can move forward free from the past and also enjoy freedom from the cycle of history repeating itself. It has been said that class warfare has always been a part of our lives, even when it comes to our environment. There are those who have more money who care more about sustaining their lifestyle, than they do about sustaining life on our planet. There are those with less money, who care more about sustaining life, than allowing those with more to have it their way. The difference has often been that those with more have also had more opportunity to squelch the views of those with less. This is where a positive change is occurring.
Many people far more educated than I am have told me stories and actually demonstrated how history has repeated itself. I often respond to them by saying, “We are in a new era. We have, for the first time in recorded history, several abilities that have never existed before” (that we know of). These are: 1) The ability to travel anywhere on this planet in 24 hours or less, 2) The ability to talk to anyone, anywhere on this planet at any time, 3) The ability to translate every language in use today, 4) Access to “all” known information via internet, 4) The ability to travel to other planets. As far as we know, these things have never before been available to mankind. Therefore, we can not judge the future, by the limited scope of the past. Our future need not be a bleak repeat of things we know all to well. No more reruns of old tragedies and dramas. With these new found abilities, we have found ourselves on a new path. We are on the precipice of something much greater.
This article appears in May 13-19, 2009.