There has been a
growing trend over the last decade or so of women who, once their children have
left home, take the opportunity to follow their lead and leave the family home
to pursue a life of what interests them, rather than continuing to be subject to
the whims and moods of the man they married some 20 or more years before. These
women are no longer prepared to put up with what following the 'norms of
society' has brought, and have the courage to leave the security of their homes
and seek fulfilment and hopefully some adventure before life has completely
passed them by. You may know some of them or even be one of them.
For thousands of
years (?) women have received the thin edge of the wedge, with their role being
assigned to the kitchen and other menial tasks with no recognition of the worth
of their contribution to the world. This has led to domestic abuse on a world-wide
scale, fuelled by male-dominated societies where women have been afraid to
stand up for themselves. The Western world is the least restrictive in its
treatment of women, but the atrocities reported daily in the media beggar
belief. While there are many men who do in fact treat their women as the most
special person in their life, they are sadly not in the majority in many
cultures.
Another growing
trend is for women to choose to stay single, for the very reason that they do
not wish to grant anyone any form of legal control over their lives. This will
certainly be a contributing factor in the reduction of the divorce rate in
decades to come, and the divorce attorney may even make the endangered list. A
priority for the mothers of the world is to teach their sons how to treat a
woman - with respect with a capital R.
Our purpose in
living on this planet was not to control, dominate, abuse or hate each other.
Today is in fact the day on which we commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus,
whose crime was to preach love for your fellow man. Those who feared loss of
control took the only route known to them - kill the threat to your power.
Since then, the history of the world has shown nothing but a deterioration in
human relations, and it is widely believed that we will reach a point of
self-destruction that will be alleviated by the return of Jesus, to once again
bring the message of what our true purpose of existence is - tolerance, love,
peaceful co-existence and non-judgment of your fellow man.
We already all know
that message, but conveniently choose to ignore it in this ego-driven,
materialistic world. It takes nothing but a change of heart to change the
world. This may be our last chance.
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