I don’t think we can authentically separate out the way we live our daily lives from what is happening in Ukraine, from the violence and despair we’re witnessing – and feeling – from what has happened time and time and time again in human history. As we learn more and more about how we are literally connected via brain science, it should not be difficult to extrapolate this out to recognize that the exponential sum of how we raise our children, how we teach spirituality, how we either promote greed and overpowering others or compassion and generosity, and whether or not we collectively make sure that others have the basic needs of life met, figures integrally into the kinds of humans we raise who may eventually come into positions of power, for good or worse. It is a heavy and heartfelt time. I challenge myself, and I respectfully challenge you, to examine what actions you may take to promote the complete care of babies and children, the support of families, the nurturing of young people in the hope and belief that we can grow and support evolved and compassionate and critical-thinking adults who will one day run the world.
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