Let’s All Embrace Each Other NOW!

Ingrid Schippers — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:31:46 +0000

A dear Dutch Energy Medicine friend inspired me big time today by publishing a post from the NOS.nl national news station about five American ex presidents, Bush Jr, Bus h Sr, Carter, Obama and Clinton, participating in a fundraising event for the survivors o hurricanes Harvey. Irma and Maria.

For 5 American ex presidents to come together like this I think is a stroke of genius.They presented themselves as they are at this point in time, vulnerabilities and charisma included.

Bush Sr, not afraid to show up in stage in spite of the fact he can hardly respond due to Parkison’s disease;
Bush Jr, whom I never admired for his politics but who had the guts to speak up about a fellow republican president;
Carter, whom I actually learned to appreciate after his presidency.
Clinton, from the ambitious Clinton clan who held the world’s attention during one of the most public political catfights ever
and then ofcourse Obama, whom I can only admire.

The present president of the United States showed up on a big screen. Had it been Obama’s days, America’s first would have been on stage as well, but maybe in a morbid sort of way this worked even better.

Mr. Trump, – I’ll say his name once- , had to make an appearance because of the other 5 ex-presidents stating their case. Had it be up to him he would have left it at what he was criticized for, supplying not enough aid to the people of Puerto Rico. Now however he was forced to praise his predecessors for their effort to stand united and serve as an example on how America should stand united to help those in need.

A brilliant brilliant move against today’s ruling narcissism and self interest politics.

It taught me an important lesson on a personal development level as well. For even tough quite well acquainted with the principle of forgiveness and turning the other cheek towards those who make my life miserable, I find it extremely hard to live up to the challenge of being mild to people I dislike. Instead I turn my back on them and avoid any form of interaction.

What The Bushes, Carter, Clinton and Obama are doing here however is facing the problem heads on. They are doing something about the deadlock by cheerfully stepping right in the middle of it, saying ‘hi, we are here to help’.

We should all be doing that. Defy how world leaders want us to think and act, pack our own suitcase and do what we think needs doing, rather than pointing the fingers at those who are not doing what they should be doing.

Something to chew on perhaps. If you need some inspiration; click the link at the top of this blog, to watch the NOS.NL news story on the ‘Amerikaanse Presidenten’.

I say: Let’s All Embrace Each Other Now

Ingrid Schippers, for Dutchbuzz 24-10-2017.

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Thinking of those in need

Ingrid Schippers — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 19:01:55 +0000

I’m a bit at a loss today as to what to say in my weekly blog. I had negotiated with myself to be a bit more lighthearted. To put some more humor into, making personal development a bit lighter, making it more of an agreeable point of interest. Yet so much is going on in the world at the moment, with hurricanes; floods, devastating loss, not only of human life, but in a way even worse of the basics in life; the need to be secure; the need to have a home; to feel safe; to know your family is safe; to have clean water, to have food, to have a decent bed so you know you can get a proper nights sleep and will be able to perform and answer to the demands tomorrow will bring, that I find it hard to be lighthearted at the moment.

I think one of the most undermining things in our so- called well organized societies is insecurity. In many ways this is what the world has far too much of at the moment, insecurity. It seems the forces that created life are taking a spin in supplying one challenge combined with the other

Of course it can be said, nothing is ever certain; that life can change any moment of a given day; but today’s day and age is supplying a lot of adversity.

Or has it always been like this and did we fail to see it because it happened ‘elsewhere’, whereas now its closer to home? In many countries of the western world, or dangerously close to the western world, politicians are playing unnerving games with humanities safety and livelihood.

At the same time however a shift is taking place; the dawn of a new era. The relatively innocent ways of life of the second half of the 20th century are being replaced by pretty harsh facts and figures at the beginning of the 21st; forcing those involved to re-think what really matters.

While biking through The Hague today; I was particularly struck by the billboard of an “all you can eat” restaurant in the city centre, thinking how utterly ludicrous it actually is to have a restaurant where one can binge eat much more than needed, while so many in the world suffer from malnutrition; even close to home; even in The Hague where there are also people, children, depend on supplies of the food bank. It struck me as odd to say the least.

I hope the shift we are in at the moment and all the things going on will give us some more insight in how the basic needs each and every one of us are entitled to have are divided. I hope that you’ll take a moment to truly give it some thought and ask yourself what each of individually can do to help and make this world a better place.

Ingrid Schippers, 10-09-2017