π΄π π‘π’π΅π£⚫️ NEW DIRECTION Ed. No. 204
- THE GREAT DUMMY SPIT OF THE ROARING 2020's
ARE YOU FALLING OR FLYING?
(FACING OUR FUTURE BY EMBRACING A NEW DIRECTION)
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"Hey kids, what's the matter with these parents today?"
We want things to be the way we want them to be. So why isn’t nature playing ball?
But then, we find the most convincing excuses for our inaction and postponement of the inevitable until it all comes crashing in on us providing multiples of the pain we were so intent on preventing by holding onto our own fear. This is ignorance writ large.
Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
It is acknowledged that change is hard. We are receiving persistent stimulus both positive and negative in this age of the Technological/Information Revolution at an increasingly alarming rate. Can an opinion be offered that it is becoming too much for the person in the street to accept let alone process and integrate all of this stimulus into our being? This overload can eventually bring about disconnection from our own evolved known reality undermining our sense of self and identity. (Could Pauline Hanson be doing so well in the polls because she is reflecting quite accurately peoples rage and outrage to what the populous are not understanding about the changes in their lives? People can relate to her expressed pain because that is what they are feeling. But the outrage doesn't solve the problem i.e. our disconnection from ourselves.)
This is all very concerning to the healthy well being and balance of a civilisation.
Do we need to send ourselves a little bit crazy to appreciate what we have had already?
That's what the indicators are showing.
We are starting to live in an echo chamber of created noise between our ears.
The frightening thing is we are doing it to ourselves.
The ignorant always, always look to blame someone else for what they can't reconcile within themselves. Ultimately it's about better knowing and understanding ourselves.
But just try saying that to those who are hurting.
If we’re not finding what we are looking for in all of our thoughts, deeds and actions then we must be doing something wrong? This not only requires but demands our attention and focus as a priority. If we want to avoid a huge reality landing of some sort or another then we’ll all take a deep breath and a step backwards to make a leap forward. But we are so intent on holding onto the outdated status quo with white knuckle fear that we have drained the life out of our existence. It’s no longer working. The wall we have set up is keeping us from, well, enjoying ourselves.
AN IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD EXAMPLE
OF THE WALL OF EXPECTATIONS
The local child care centre has been in the TV news lately. It is a large operation possibly one of the largest child care centre's in the Country? They’re apparently struggling to keep the doors open into the future under their current business model*. So the City of Sydney Council stepped in and said they would cover the rent for free for the next 12 months.
And talk about take your breath away with sheer audacity. The management/parents of the facility then responded by saying they wanted five years free rent and a maintenance budget. Now kids are important but privileged adults who have been weaned on a most self serving system and have been conditioned to push the envelope until they get what they are used to getting... their own way... are a bit much. Who are they kid-ding?
We are all being made to face REALITY. No it is not easy.
Here's one angle on what is being played out in this scenario. The '5 year free' rent lobbying group are massaging the idea that children are our sacrosanct future and cannot be denied.
Is denying those responsible for their children and letting them learn to share a greater responsibility a bad thing? It can be to those who carry big expectations. And big expectations come with big disappointments. We are all being put through that lesson currently. The days of leaning on our governments or others are coming to an end. We are all needing to learn to face our future or fry and fly while keeping our feet on the ground.
This striving for balance equals homework.
'Less can be more' is not a bad saying.
*CHOICES: Parents are indicating that they want government to pay the increased costs for quality child care/education rather than really shouldering their responsibility to their kids by having one parent giving them the fuller love and support that they need by stay at home care or alternately paying higher fees for child care. Or perhaps at another level some focus might be made by the lobbyists to convince the Federal Government that more needs to be spent on 'education' rather than 'defence'? i.e. peace building exercises. This is also called sustainable living. [No correspondence with excuses will be entered into here.] "The times they are a changing." - N.
Falling or flying?
MAN OF INNER STRENGTH (circa 1993)
Artwork inspired by Bill Paton a man of inner strength
[“Guang Rong de ren” ε θ£ηδΊΊ（glorious man)]
Artist: Neville Williams ©️Arts Law Australia
Size: 120cm W x 133cm H
Medium: Pencil, acrylic, silver permanent indelible ink,
collage on stretched canvas, framed
PRIVATE COLLECTION
To read the story behind this artwork go to:-
From: Neville Williams
Date: 2 August 2026 at 13:14:13 AEST
To: The Editor THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Subject: COURAGE AND THE SHADOWDear Editor,YOU’VE GOT TO FLAP YOUR OWN WINGS TO FLYThe fantasy bubble just seems to get bigger and bigger. A person can only imagine the reaction when it finally bursts. (“Quick fix schemes will ruin nation” Herald 2 August)Is it that we have an aversion to real and planned vision because it means disciplining and committing ourselves to a decided direction?Humans would much rather play in the sand pit of life or splash around at the shallow end of the pool. We used to have a go. Too many now want some other dupe to take responsibility for them.Our leaders won’t and can’t solve our problems for us. It’s simply not within their abilities to legislate for happiness.Presently we’re being made to look at ourselves and all the tantrums and dummy spitting of not getting our own way is only a reflection of our inability to rise to the challenge. I think the word is pathetic.Don’t look for encouragement from me*. Learn to encourage yourself. That way the result will actually mean something...to yoo.
That’s what gives us meaning and purpose in life rather than becoming our own shadow.Fear is no refuge.If you want to fly start flapping your own wings.This is a small dose of the “reality” pill we all need to swallow. (We can always sugar coat the pill and have some fun at the same time. Can't we?)
Regards, - Neville Williams
* "MeToo"...
...I too have to deal with my own very real plate load of issues, ignorances and shortcomings.
Truly it is enough of a challenge just to encourage one’s self.
What we have here is a new "MeToo Movement". - N.
...I too have to deal with my own very real plate load of issues, ignorances and shortcomings.
Truly it is enough of a challenge just to encourage one’s self.
What we have here is a new "MeToo Movement". - N.
Celebrate life!
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