Dear Editor,
We all live in one home called Mother Earth. Mother Earth has many children in her family.
Some of her children respect her and treat her kindly while others give little thought to her well-being and seek only their own welfare and advantage, whatever the cost to other family members.
Many children have formed gangs to give themselves a sense of belonging, power, and some control over their own lifestyles. Most of the gangs give themselves names like America, France, Russia, Germany and China.
Some become more or less identified by a common language, while others by having a common religion, skin colour or political style of governance.
Clearly these various gangs cause division in the family’s household.
The shifting alliances within the family continue to manifest a basic disunity and resolution of differences is still being sought through stealth, physical violence and murder (some call this war). Is humanity doomed to continue with such disunity and loss of global security?
A good resolution for 2015 and onward would be for each of us to learn how to better demonstrate our love for one another, to be kinder to and more compassionate with our family and to prove we are trustworthy by our words and deeds.
And perhaps a prayer for the increased wisdom of our gang leaders would be helpful!
Merrill Muttart
Richmond
