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True change comes from within

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Editor,

The disruptive, blatantly partisan, greed driven, angry, and combative rhetoric called news is coming so fast and furious that it must have many asking, "What is going on here. How can we change this trend? What can we do about this? When are our concerns going to be intelligently addressed? How can we make the changes we wish to see?" All good questions, for sure.

My firm belief is this: To help make the changes we wish to see, we must be the change we wish to see.

For example, I know peace activists who hate people. They are out there protesting for peace, but that is not what it is about. They are out there hating their political opponents, hating the people waging war, hating the corporate pigs benefitting from the war. They are coming totally from that hate-filled frame of mind. This only perpetuates the very anger and attack they are protesting against.

You can have two people doing exactly the same thing, one doing it from an attitude fueled by anger and frustration, the other doing it from an attitude fueled by peace and love. One perpetuates the anger and fear, the other demonstrates true understanding and peace. Which attitude prevails is what determines the human experience. That is how it works. As the old saying goes, "You cannot fool Mother Nature." Well, you cannot fool Mother/Father God, either ... we reap what we sow."

Every action has a reaction. And the place to start is right here at home, right in our own families, our relationships, our work and play environments. Children, especially, pick up much more from our attitudes and actions than from what we say. Reminds me of that great saying, "What you are, right now, speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you are saying."

So, I come back to this truism:  "To make the changes we wish to see, we must be the change we want to see. 

Bob McClellan
Polson

 

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