It’s already July 2020 and we have been in “lockdown/limited normality” for some time now. Most of us have had serious time to reflect on serious issues. After considering my past and current circumstances, the “serious issues” that have arisen, the things that have made me feel uncomfortable during this time, which have engaged my psyche and have caused me to be unsettled, disconnected and a little helpless, hapless, and hopeless …. I have amalgamated into one word. That word is – BROKEN

Here are some of the definitions of Broken:
violently separated into parts
not working properly
full of obstacles
violated by transgression not kept or honoured
disrupted by change
interrupted
made weak or infirm
subdued completely
cut off
imperfectly spoken or written
not complete or full 
not fluent

Rhodesia/Zimbabwe the place of my birth and my heritage, where I lived for 45 years. Through misguided politics, corruption, war and megalomaniac leadership, is broken. 

South Africa, a country to which I immigrated some 19 years ago, with an appalling history of Apartheid, followed by an utterly corrupt and inept ANC government – is broken

My experience of the financial system and wealth equality – broken

Big Food and Big Pharma – broken in respect of what they are supposed to offer

Nutrition – broken

Politics – broken

Communication – broken

Trust – broken

Truth – broken

COVID 19 a world pandemic, a new experience to most of the world’s population – is devastatingly and dramatically moving towards being an event that puts all the world’s “brokenness” under the microscope.

The death, the suffering, the imposition of strict rules and regulations onto societies, communities, and individuals, who pride themselves with certain freedoms, beliefs, and rights, which usually portray as arrogance, selfishness and supremacy, will weaken the weakest, rattle the strong, magnify all imperfections, poorly affect the underprivileged, destabilise the comfortable and forever change the world we had become accustomed to. Whoever we are and wherever we are.

 The inability or lack of will, to see and acknowledge changes in the future, will cause more disarray, more anarchy, more anger, more exploitation, more fear, more racism, more inequality, more panic, more protectionism, more injustice, and more brokenness.

The ability, open-mindedness, and willingness to change and learn from this challenging time, without blame, without greed, without politicking, without selfishness – will equalise, stabilise, destroy all the wrongness and injustice that has endured. It will change the financial system and the perception of wealth, the use of fiat money, it will lessen prejudice and destroy entitlement. It should enhance the study of science over politics, teaching over ignorance, sharing over greed, learning over knowing, sharing over owning, wellbeing over wealth. We will re envisage how we work, how we spend our earnings and time, how we accumulate wealth, how we treat the disadvantaged and how we restore our natural environment – all hopefully leading to more kindness, compassion and understanding between all the humans in this world, a planet we don’t own, but just occupy for such a brief time.

Let’s make it a better place for all – unbroken

Albert Einstein on Crisis:
“Let’s not pretend that things will change if we keep doing the same things. A crisis can be a real blessing to any person, to any nation. For all crises bring progress.
Creativity is born from anguish, just like the day is born from the dark night. It’s in crisis that inventive is born, as well as discoveries, and big strategies.
Who overcomes crisis, overcomes himself, without getting overcome. Who blames his failure to a crisis neglects his own talent and is more respectful to problems than to solutions.
Incompetence is the true crisis.
The greatest inconvenience of people and nations is the laziness with which they attempt to find the solutions to their problems.
There’s no challenge without a crisis. Without challenges, life becomes a routine, a slow agony. There’s no merit without crisis. It’s in the crisis where we can show the very best in us. Without a crisis, any wind becomes a tender touch. |
To speak about a crisis is to promote it. Not to speak about it is to exalt conformism. Let us work hard instead.
Let us stop, once and for all, the menacing crisis that represents the tragedy of not being willing to overcome it. “