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Pagoda Forest
Bali often reminds me that in the midst of corruption, rubbish, tourist traps and patriarchy, beauty can still be found. This picture, this moment, I feel conveys that.
With the influence of money, westernisation, fear and control, the locals that aren't hypnotized struggle to keep their basic, unadulterated way of life.
After returning home for more than a decade, it saddens me that the change I see in Bali is not a change for good.
I can't honestly say that I'm doing my part to make a difference. Rarely do I support local businesses, buy produce from labouring farmers or cease my use of plastic bags.
Your right to say that I'm a hypocrite, because my actions don't match my true feelings. A struggle I've faced all my life, it's something that dearly needs to be corrected If I want to love, if I want to make a difference.
To any reader of this passage, I encourage you to sincerely reflect upon the same issue, a global issue that most of humanity faces. A global awakening that can make a difference. What's that I hear you say? "I'm no hypocrite". You may be right, you also may be wrong. Isn't that worth pondering upon?
All those promises you broke to your child, the people you lied too, the lies you tell yourself. If that isn't a source of hypocrisy, of pain , than I don't know what is.
Those who want to save the earth, first save yourselves. See that the pain and suffering around us is a direct reflection of our own unloving condition, our own unwillingness to change.
A wise man once said “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. That wise man has now passed, but his words, his actions apply today just as much as they did before. Who knows, in 10 years time, it could be you that I’m quoting, it could be you that’s left a legacy.
This picture was taken in Ubud, Bali.
Pagoda Forest
Bali often reminds me that in the midst of corruption, rubbish, tourist traps and patriarchy, beauty can still be found. This picture, this moment, I feel conveys that.
With the influence of money, westernisation, fear and control, the locals that aren't hypnotized struggle to keep their basic, unadulterated way of life.
After returning home for more than a decade, it saddens me that the change I see in Bali is not a change for good.
I can't honestly say that I'm doing my part to make a difference. Rarely do I support local businesses, buy produce from labouring farmers or cease my use of plastic bags.
Your right to say that I'm a hypocrite, because my actions don't match my true feelings. A struggle I've faced all my life, it's something that dearly needs to be corrected If I want to love, if I want to make a difference.
To any reader of this passage, I encourage you to sincerely reflect upon the same issue, a global issue that most of humanity faces. A global awakening that can make a difference. What's that I hear you say? "I'm no hypocrite". You may be right, you also may be wrong. Isn't that worth pondering upon?
All those promises you broke to your child, the people you lied too, the lies you tell yourself. If that isn't a source of hypocrisy, of pain , than I don't know what is.
Those who want to save the earth, first save yourselves. See that the pain and suffering around us is a direct reflection of our own unloving condition, our own unwillingness to change.
A wise man once said “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. That wise man has now passed, but his words, his actions apply today just as much as they did before. Who knows, in 10 years time, it could be you that I’m quoting, it could be you that’s left a legacy.
This picture was taken in Ubud, Bali.