We have all seen those women on the gymnastics teams balance themselves as they jump and twist on the balance beam. We all gasp as they do their routines. But there are more people also trying to balance and their beams are rotting, from within and without.
Prominent among those rotting beams are those used by men to allow themselves the "right" to attack and mistreat women, up to and including rape. It has allowed them to okay attacks on children for their sexual glee and joy and then shift the blame to the "tempting" woman. What is even worse, is that this is endemic to men all around the globe, no matter the religion or belief and all this despite the supposed advances that women have made in recent years. There IS NO advancement under these conditions. NONE. That balance beam is too rotten to continue in use.
"She has no rest or peace until she set out secretly, and went forth into the wide world to trace out her brothers and set them free, let it cost what it might." The Brothers Grimm, "The Seven Ravens"
Out of supposed stories for children we hear the truth of the world. We all need to go out there and find our 'brothers', wherever and whomever they might be. Until we recognize that, we are in lots of trouble. Most of the ancient cultures of the world have the world balanced on something, be it a turtle, an elephant or the shoulders of Atlas. When the world goes off on a wrong tangent, that balance is endangered. And that is a truth even today for just look around and ask yourself if we are in balance and what is the consequence.
Our pollution and attack on the earth, the skies, the seas are sending the planet into gasps as it searches for ways to compensate. Our countries and tribes are at war with each other, no sooner ending one conflict than starting in on another.
And one of the biggest threats to the proper condition of the balance beam of the country and the world, one of the biggest contributors to its rot is that man in the Oval Office, Trump. He gleefully holds out a clenched fist along with the murderer Duterte. He praises Putin, yet another demagogue, as he touts belief in him rather than in his own countrymen. He calls Comey and other dignified public servants hacks, worthless beings, and Comey had two beautiful tweets right back at him, one praising the power of truth and the other from Amos telling of the rolling of justice as the waters of a waterfall and a stream. No nastiness but the point was made, emphatically so. No matter how Trump tries now to take back his words, they stick to him like glue.
It would go a long way to removing that rot from the beams of the world if Mueller is successful at building the obstruction of justice case against Trump and possibly others. Perhaps a lesson would be learned or at least people would think several times before they added to the rot within the beam.
And make no mistake about it - that rot does spread. Now Trump and Kushner, two most unqualified people, liars both, are promising the world that they will solve the Middle East crisis, first between Israel and the Palestinians and then everybody else. Great trick if they can pull it off but smell the air, smell the wood rot? Oh, yes, it is there. How can any country trust the members of another country who have been shown to be liars, who leave out huge segments of truth for convenience sake?
It appears that there are few and far between if we try to find those who will fix the rot. The elements of courage, of righteousness, of unselfishness seem to be in short supply what with everyone, or most everyone, hedging their bets, waiting to see what shakes out. So Moore gets a pass, again, and some molesters think Hollywood and the world will continue on, but wait - here is Gal Gadot, a Wonder Woman indeed. She has had the best break of her career, portraying a hero for the empowerment of women, and yet she puts it all on the line, for she will not be in the sequel unless Ratner is gone. Yay for her!!! Would that there were other courageous people out there who literally put their money where their mouth - and their conscience are.
But still hanging around are the brazen attempts of Trump to grow that rot as he nominates and his lackeys in the Senate approve, people for federal courts who have no experience, have been deemed as unqualified by legal associations, and yet here they are, people who think it is okay to have armed revolt against the government, people who pander to the NRA a month after the Sandy Hook shooting horror but here they come as Trump tries to add more rot to the beam for years into the future.
So where do we stand? Where do you stand? Time to dig hard, dig deep, and rid ourselves of the rot within our balance beam and very soon, for we are at the tipping point. Rot spreads. Rot ruins plans. Rot will upset the balance of the world as it treads on that rotten balance beam. Time to become inspired gymnasts.
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