Choices For Change:
Can Human Beings Forget Greed?

As a multiracial, elder American woman I have experienced many changes in my life. This affirms the reality of nature, which is always in a constant flow of both change and repetition that we all must adapt. Adapting to present conditions requires us to become aware of changes that affect us in a positive and helpful way, as well as in ways that sometimes humiliate us or harm us. Our choices determine whether we grow or go backwards. Resultantly, many are simply confused. 

We each have our memory of experiences and our conditioned past which affect these choices. I think of these present day decisions as pregnant moments when we are forming a fetus for our future action. Our inner beliefs, standards, biases, and self-image are the cells that determine our future. From this inner process we can choose how we want to grow as a person, cognizant of the fact that we are impacted by our outer environment and need to also address those adaptive changes. These decisions become our inner soulful, emotional, and intellectual energy for our physical actions and behavior. Learning a balancing act is helpful.   Stress and anxiety management is also healthy. 

As a society, I think of us as being in the fetal stage of transformational development as human beings. Who we are becoming depends on the informed wisdom of our collective choices and balances. Peace, harmony, collaboration, and sharing actions, are educated choices. I believe that our schools need to become aware of this process, beyond how to make money for power. We see that money determines who the media and communication sources cater to. Our collective identity and respect is mirrored by their choices, so politicians amass lots of money to influence the media for votes. 

Perhaps our next choices could be to channel our purchases and investments in the direction of those who nurture our soulful growth and respect. Perhaps our educational systems will thrive when we begin to also serve the needs of people who want to become the best that they can be as human beings. Then, physical appearance due to ethnic differences would be appreciated, rather than dishonored. This would raise our cultural esteem around the world as we help our future generations thrive in safer environments. New birth decisions would be celebrated. 

Can human beings really forget greed and heed the need to see us all as a family of human beings?

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