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A Matter of Time

May 21, 2007

    Why is it that history seems to take such a long time? - Anonymous

 Or put another way, all things come to those who wait. But it seems to me that sometimes we have to wonder at the cost of the waiting. How many people perish from famine or war or persecution while we wait for humanity to learn from its mistakes and to accept its underlying relationship with each other and with all things in the world?

 There are those who believe that we cannot influence the unfolding of history. But if that were the case, there'd be no purpose to philosophy, to the quest for knowledge. Why be concerned with the Golden Rule if our efforts in our relationships have no affect on either the other or ourselves?

 No, perhaps history takes such a long time because we are unwilling to bring it into being more quickly. Perhaps, with the energetic application of the Golden Rule, we can make injustice history just a little more quickly.

 Couldn't hurt to try.

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