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Yesterday the image fit the topic, today I switch back to the image inspiring the writing.

Yesterday I was asking you my reader to look back to those who have come and gone in your life and observe any patterns that may repeating and perhaps identify where some needs have not been met. Did you find the gaps?

Today I once again observed a human in blatant lie about themselves. Sometimes I just spend time observing the world and listening to the sounds around, just like in this image. In my observation today I heard an adult blatantly blaming others for their difficulties. This person despite failing not only themselves in the world but also their child decided to blame the system. It was interesting to hear their musing and reveries of a system so corrupt that they had no fault in the degeneration of their child to the point of addiction. They also felt strong within themselves to blame also the people present.

It is always fascinating to observe human beings when the struggle to find a way to reconcile with their actions. When I watch nature I see how the tree finds a way to co-exist with a bush, and an animal and finds a way to survive in the most baren of places. And when I watch humans interact with each other I can’t help but miss the connection that all other elements of nature have with each other.

When was the last time you travelled on a bus? Or a train? Or even on a plane? Have you noticed anything different about human behaviour? Yes, I know we have all been tod to stay away from others for our own and other’s safety, but I am talking about more than that. I was wondering you have noticed people interacting more despite the “restrictions” – have you seen togetherness reborn? Perhaps you have. I for one I noticed how the moment human beings were able to go about their shopping unrestricted they once again lost their humanity. Last year (2020) when everything was closed; somehow human beings were able to show more altruism and openness towards one another, somehow we found our humanity again. Despite the illness, we were able to go knock on a neighbour’s door and offer our services if that neighbour could not go our because they were medically vulnerable. We were able to sit on the front lawn chit chatting with the person across the street. Somehow we were able to be like the trees and bushes and rocks, we were able to coexist. Yes, we complained but somehow we also stepped up and took responsibility for our actions, and somehow hope was alive again, the hope that humanity has found it’s axis again.

When I was watching this individual today putting blame outside themselves, it reminded me how some of us have slipped back into old habits. Habits that we then pass on to the next generation, and that generation passes it on to the next. It also made me sad for the person experiencing life still from such a negative angle. Instead of accepting the help on offer and be able to recognise that things from the past are not relevant in the here and how, this person was so stuck in the cycle of their history that they could not appreciate the ray of sunshine that was peering through their window.

What old habits have you gone back to? What are the things that you keep on repeating without end, instead of breaking the bondage of the past and step into a new day? If you were to be the observer of your own life, almost as if watching your life as a film, what would you say to the main character? Would you agree with their choices, or would you offer them a different perspective? Have you been the observer of your life? Are you the protagonist of your life? Are you able to see the depth of the picture, or is it all a blur? Are you too involved in your sorrow and history or can you distance yourself and watch from the top of the mountain? Have you been watching from the top until now? Do you perhaps need to get closer? Who is the main character of your own life?

Is the rock to be blames for ending up in your shoe? Is the rain to be blamed for a soggy shirt, when you ignored the forecast and decided to go outside without an umbrella? Is the sugar to be blamed for being sweet? Is it the sun’s fault for burning you, when you forgot to protect yourself against it?

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