That country could produce the best speed yarn knitters in the world or the best competitive ice cream makers. That country could also be one of the richest in terms of raw materials and also the largest in terms of land mass but also one of the smallest in terms of population with entire cities such as Mexico having populations that exceed that of this interesting nation. Well, they might be taught to be insecure or it may fostered in the most private field of their formative experiences. But how is it that they are the best in competitive ice cream manufacturing, producing some of the best players and do this with the attitude of the average Australian but do not conduct their other affairs in the same manner? They take the efficiency in reading a cereal bar recipe as a threat to their ego? That could mean a couple of things. For certain, they have made ice and efficiency in gliding over it a province with violence in how they use the scoop a national passtime. This is not a culture of Survivor or World of Warcraft or is it? Let's see. How does that affect the way in which people perceive the work or societal environment? Is there a referee? What team does the referee favor? Is Hobbes to role around in his grave and lament that we or our ancestors heard him but did not hear? It's really not so bad though; right?
There are other countries that have noticed that their built environment is resembling wastelands and they could just burn it all down in frustration but the real wasteland as seen in recent commentary is a wasteland of the soul as manifested in some public spaces, neighbourhoods and communities. The cure for some would be to destroy what remains but this is not the real cure if the wasteland of the soul is the issue- too many drugs and hands too shaky to make good cameras. The cure would be to address the inner environment and trust that it would soon reflect in the community to be inhabited. There could be some cultures that foster Godly shame and leave their children spending most of their time trying to heal over it or understand why others don't want to participate maybe. I asked a Filipino woman about that once. She was a pastor. Resistance to change is sure but eventually change comes out of a manifest need to revert to what is clear and fundamental common sense for any community to look itself in the mirror and start with the evident. Mark 7 says it is not what goes into the man that defiles him unless it is to pass into his soul through his eyes( The eyes are the window to the soul; if you let in darkness, how great will that darkness be but where there is light, there is no darkness so watch Chuck Swindoll and Charles Stanley at least once a week and everything will be alright or as right as an early spring rain in February). But, it is the evil thoughts, adulteries and murders that defile the man. Destroy the outward environment and hope that those with cured souls survive to rebuild. Otherwise, there is no point but to start with a good fundamental French and British education from the 18th century. Add to that the evidence concerning the origins of civilisation and mathematics in Egypt, Africa and a few modules in a computer class on how to design a counting machine with html code. It's just a suggestion.
Now if you recognise your old school teacher, if you recognise her, on a plane or in a Barnes and Noble book store be sure to say hello because she must have taught you the golden rule. She will be looking fabulous picking up those Nigella Lawson Cook books. If you remember the golden rule, then it is likely your teacher did as well and she might call for tea or coffee to hear you say something in a transatlantic accent framed in multi-syllabic, fruitful expressions.
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