quote from the Talmud: “Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”
I have approached this New Year with hope, yes there are terrible catastrophes happening, the loss of life in Australia, and here I talk of animal life as well as human. The leaning of world leaders to the right and the consequences that it will bring to human rights. Trump and his government (for he does not work alone) have committed one of those foolish warlike acts and now we await the consequences but to a degree he has been rebuffed by some in the Western World.
Dominic Raab, foreign secretary has said.....
Urging all parties to de-escalate the situation, he added: “Further conflict is in none of our interests.”
"The French president, Emmanuel Macron, consulted with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, by phone and called on Iran to refrain from escalating the crisis. Russia said both leaders agreed the American “action might seriously escalate tensions in the region”.
We shall see. On a more local note, I bought a bag of coal yesterday just in case the oil runs out, apparently, like the greedy souls they are, the price of oil has gone up. Someone out there always pleased to make some money out of conflict.
All of these crises seem surreal. Maybe it is because I am old.
ReplyDeleteYes I think as you get older, the emotional feelings get less, though of course seeing animals trapped in the Australian fires is gut wrenching.
ReplyDeleteI'm here in the USA and all of these crises do seem surreal, but are becoming more real every day. There's no more of it being like a nightmare, and we are going to wake up at any time. It's all real and now more nerve wracking than ever. Every day everything escalates, I am becoming afraid of where it is all going to end.
ReplyDeleteI am very sad about what the fires are doing to the people and animals in Australia.
I think it is better to be calm, we cannot change what is going to happen, and it may not happen of course. All this bellicose shouting across the wall to each other could be just that.
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