Food for thought
18:10 Jun 29 2020
Times Read: 373
Food for thought for today
“You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.”
― Sue Grafton
Stay away from anyone who creates drama... not worth your time
Food for thought
23:22 Jun 27 2020
Times Read: 414
“Yes, the people around us can be insensitive, narcissistic, toxic, and sometimes even abusive, but it is up to us to take that energy on or let it flow through us. No one is responsible for taking away our happiness but us.”
“When people throw at you with toxic words;
Rule number one: do not set any equivalent actions.
Do not give back as you were given.
It is better to transform those in positive words -
And use them to build a tower of grateful sublime.”
Open wide our hearts............ In all .......ALL LIVES MATTER
04:19 Jun 13 2020
Times Read: 535
Native American race has been mistreated/ hated since the beginning of the world, but still all lives matter
“Native Americans experienced deep
wounds in the age of colonization and
expansion, wounds that largely remain
unhealed and strongly impact the
generations to this day.”
Racism and the Native American Experience
In the November 2018 Pastoral Letter
Against Racism, Open Wide Our Hearts, the
Catholic bishops of the United States urge
all Catholics to acknowledge “the scourge of
racism” that still exists in our hearts, words,
actions and institutions. Racism is rooted in
a failure to acknowledge the human dignity
of people of a different race. It does not
reflect the inner life of God—the Tribune
unity of three-in-one—that we are called to
imitate. Racism manifests itself in sinful
individual actions, which contribute to
structures of sin that perpetuate division
and inequality. The Native American
experience offers a particular illustration of
racism in history and today.
When Europeans arrived on the shores of
this country, they were often blind to the
dignity of indigenous peoples. Colonial and
later U.S. policies toward Native American
communities were often violent,
paternalistic, and directed toward the theft
of Native American land. Native Americans
were killed, imprisoned, sold into slavery,
and raped. These policies decimated entire
communities and brought about tragic
death.
The results were massive forced relocations
of people as endured by the Cherokee
people on the “Trail of Tears” and of the
Navajo in the “Long Walk.” Thousands of
men, women, and children died during
those forced removals. Schools and
orphanages began “Americanizing” Native
children by forcing them to abandon all
facets of their culture, including their native
languages. The devastation caused by
national policies of expansion and manifest
destiny, fueled by racist attitudes, led to the
near eradication of Native American peoples
and their cultures.
The effects of this evil remain visible in the
great difficulties experienced by Native
American communities today. Poverty,
unemployment, inadequate health care,
poor schools, the exploitation of natural
resources, and disputes over land ownership
in Native American communities are the
legacy of these evils today.
In Heritage and Hope: Evangelization in
the United States (NCCB Pastoral Letter,
1990), the U.S. Catholic bishops wrote, “As
Church, we often have been unconscious
and insensitive to the mistreatment of our
Native American brothers and sisters and
have at times reflected the racism of the
dominant culture of which we have been a
part.” All Catholics are called to give
renewed attention to historical and present
injustices resulting from racism against
Native Americans, better integrate the
needs and contributions of Native Catholics,
and work for greater justice for the
descendants of the first Americans
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/racism/upload/racism-and-native-american-experience.pdf
COMMENTS
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Eudaimonia
18:55 Jun 29 2020
They love dragging other people into it too
Noxium
19:23 Jun 29 2020
You’re right
AbsintheandBlood
20:12 Jun 29 2020
This was not aimed at any one person. It's a quote I thought I would post
Earthgrinder
22:56 Jun 29 2020
Good "Food for Thought"
Elysian
06:19 Jun 30 2020
I miss these. Glad you're doing it again:)