This picture was taken in the summer almost two years ago. It really doesn't seem so long ago though. I can even remember the words I was saying, how difficult it was to get the dog out of the picture and camera changes. It is funny how the memory works. I hardly remember what I was talking about in the morning with clients.
A lot has changed in the time since this photo and a lot will change in the times to come but one thing should remain constant in me, and that is the push to make a world where my daughter can flourish. What that looks like though I am unsure about but, I am pretty sure it is going to take something different than where we are headed at the moment. It is kind of scary to be honest.
Parents want to do the best for their children and create environments that they can grow strong, have opportunity and live free but, it relies on the cooperation of others. It is a terrible situation in my opinion as people all want the same but only on their terms and for their narrow group.
Once upon a time when groups were much smaller however, the children really were the future and the community would do what they could to raise and protect them, educate and develop their skills as it was they who would carry the groups hopes onward. They invested in the children and did the best to help them be all they could be.
These days, people's future relies on technology to save them, protect them and care for them in their old age. People care little about the garden they are neglecting, the one where their children will live, and their grandchildren. How many generations can that continue on for before it is unsustainable? Do we really want to find out?
I can't speak for anyone else in this life but I am going to do what I can to work for a community that thinks about what they leave the children, not just their children. My daughter is the most important thing to me but her future is at risk when there are large inequalities, gross neglect, poverty and violence. Conditions where one must continually watch for a knife in the back are not ideal for flourishing, they are not ideal for much else but mistrust, greed and cruelty.
I feel I don't have much time left to grow a better garden and I can't remember the last time I felt time was on my side. I do think that we have a chance to make this world significantly better but, a few more discussions are needed to be held, a few more minds to think some new thoughts, and a few more actions to drive it forward.
Taraz
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