After a week away, new views, and the absence of the routine! (Plus a few cream teas & Otter ales)
I was reading the first book again recently and as I said at the time “Lordy what a tale! What are we to take from such imaginings. #fantasy?” Blood, guts, murder, death, destruction, deception, theft, slavery, horror, adultery, lentil stew… and creation! As Keith said, “They knew how to tell a story in them days”.
But one of the things that I took from it was that we are a world of ‘peoples’…
…and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth…
Also – “he replied, ‘if they keep quiet, even the stones themselves will cry out’ “
Like the pebbles on a beach, we are all different. Bashed, tarnished, polished and buffed into our own unique selves. But essentially we are very similar, in essence, we are the same. Don’t let the brands fool you into becoming a consumerist individual, commercially branded with their “word”, dressed ‘cos you’re worth it’, identified by the ‘logos’ of commercial gain. Just be you! Stop, relax, breath, and smile.
We are a world of people. We have our little worlds of people, but as we often might notice more on holidays, there are many other little worlds just a breath away from our own. There are also worlds a distance a way that essentially came from the same seed. Scattered over the earth. I think our worlds might me richer and more colourful if we try to embrace people whoever they are. Easier said than done I know, but don’t let the Daily Mail get to you, or the BBC come to that! We are one. Or perhaps as the Cornish say “Onen hag oll“ (and those from Devon!). Humm.
Jules P Richards 