Concentrate Your Efforts on What Works
A personal spiritual and social reflection from the first day of a retreat in Austria. The speaker begins with a simple takeaway: focus on the activities in life that are working and give them your energy. Pull away from the things that are not working. This advice is simple, but often forgotten. People can waste enormous energy fighting resistance, when going with the flow and concentrating on what is already working may create better results.
The reflection then moves from personal life to social healing. The speaker reflects on spending 20 years in Bermuda, a place marked by the history of slavery and emancipation, and observes that even after many years, the scars remain. He compares that with South Africa, which is still closer to the trauma of colonization and apartheid.
The piece argues that after centuries of oppression, it is not simple to raise benevolent leaders or reconcile societies divided by history. Revolutionaries may be necessary in moments of resistance, but caring leadership that serves everyone in a country takes time, wisdom, and healing.
The speaker calls for patience, care, and understanding toward cultures still suffering from the baggage of colonization. He encourages people to help break down institutional barriers and mental barriers, especially those that teach children they cannot succeed.
The final message is that societies change by creating opportunities for children and helping them grow up believing they can, rather than carrying only the inherited baggage of colonization.
If children are taught they can, society begins to change.
👉Download the Spiritual Consulting App :https://studio.com/apps/shawn/yourspiritualconsultant
Be First to Comment