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| New Life, Spring Is Here |
Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
It has been a while, more than a month, that I published an episode of our wonderful Haiku Kai. I really hope to change that from today on, but ... well I can't guarantee that.
As you see I have chosen a new theme for this month: New Life, Spring Is Here. Maybe a bit controversial because of all things happening in the world right now. We have the Covid-19 endemic and we have the Ukraine war. Both are not really things that we could associate with New Life, Spring Is Here, but we have to hope that there will be better times soon.
I pray every day for Unconditional Love and Peace ... and yes it's not always easy to pray for it every day again, but I have, we have to pray. We need positive energy to bring the world back to what it once was ... a place were we can live in full happiness.
Next to all this there is that bigger plan (maybe). All resonating around the globe ... are we walking into what is called the New World Order? I don't know, but everything that is happening ... sounds not okay.
As you all know we also have a haiku-place on Twitter and I really try to tweet sometimes a haiku, but everything what is happening right now in our world seems to keep me busy. So I use our twitter-account to give words to my thoughts and feelings. Sometimes in English, sometimes in Dutch.
Our twitter account was never meant for that, but it helps me to cope with the things I see and hear. There is a lot going on ... is it a positive thing or a negative thing? Again ... I don't know.
As I look at things happening in my own country, The Netherlands, I only have "anger" and "sadness". Our government is creating a totalitarian state, they even use secret surveillance on just normal people. They are following our socials, they "listen" to the critical people and if you don't tell or say what our government wants you to say ... than you are an enemy of the state and they will censure you.
A lot of my fellow dutch are speaking out, without holding back. We try to "awaken" the people that are still "sleeping" and follow only what our government wants. It brings polarisation into our community and that ... that makes me sad and angry.
The Netherlands was once an example for the world, we had a wonderful democratic country, but that ... that is all gone. Ofcourse our government tries to keeping up appearances that The Netherlands are still a democracy, but ... My gut-feeling tells me ... there is something wrong, really wrong.
The TRUTH IS OUT THERE ... and I really hope these thoughts and feelings are wrong. I really hope that it is all very different than we thought.
clouds moving
caressing the meadows
raindrops fall
© Chèvrefeuille
What are your thoughts about what is happening in the world? Will there be New Life, because Spring Is Here?
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I also feel the world is headed in a dangerous direction with governments taking freedom away from people. But I believe Christ is risen and He is my HOPE!
ReplyDeleteSo many in the US think we are moving toward totalitarian state. I tend to not see it that way. It is interesting to note that those who say that are the ones pushing against LGBQA+ community, abortions for incest and rape victims, gay marriage, immigration. When I was visiting with a 33 year old friend on Saturday she had never heard the expression Cold War. She has a masters degree in Physical Therapy. She did not know what a nuclear bomb was or how it would damage an area it hit. She stated, "Why did I not learn of this in history?" We spoke to our grandson who graduates from high school this year. He has been educated in the public school system. He knew the answer to both those questions. Was she a product of home schooling? I mean talk about cancel culture.
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