We cannot make America great again, we can only make it better. To see it as ever having been great is to turn a blind eye to the mistakes we have made. They were and still are there – even if we do not see them. Why else do you think we have so many wounded souls?
The damage we’ve done
We’re still wounding them with our greed and righteousness. What we can do, and what we will do to help those native to Hawaii, are two very different things. Do we help them with compassion or do we cash in on their tragedy for our own wealth? These are people – not commodities. Does your envy of what you view of the place as paradise, reduce your ability to have compassion for them? We had already created hardships for them with our desire for it, with dollar signs and luxury vacations directing our path.
A new beginning
It’s the perfect time to stop and help them return it to the environment they once knew and loved. Their own way of life. If we listened to their voices – would they tell us that?
Perhaps this is a crossroads for healing. They are an indigenous people and if we are not trying to learn their way – we need to give them back their peace, for we have stolen it in the name of luxury.
So can we pour our resources into a new healing beginning for them – but step back first and ask them how they want it to be? What would make their people proud? The wisdom is there if they can shed our foolish ways.
Let’s bring forth a “habitats for humanity” approach and gift them something besides destruction and debt. Otherwise, why would it be thought of as a paradise?
Who we are
Perhaps those who have enjoyed a time there – and maybe even those who have aspired to, could be first in line to want to help. With a perspective of paying it forward to them for the ability to have experienced it. Perhaps we could all give back when we visit someone else’s native land. What we have done with ours, versus what they want for theirs are often very different things.
They need our help – what we do in response is a reflection on who we truly are. What will your response be?
Written by Melody Belliveau
The Social-Commentary.Com 