I was there all day hearing ones talk on migrant workers and it was all about good policy, good legislation and good outcomes. Then I think of my work and what I see and read all the time. The migrant worker's lot is not all doom and gloom but neither is it a total bed of roses. They are often mistreated and taken advantage of. What got me at this workshop was how the bureaucrats could not accept any dark side or any other side than it is all good.
It makes me think that we all could do with this proposed fourth pillar when looking at life. What is real? What is unreal? We all need a reality check at times. After so long living here, I find asking myself more not if someone is lying or if something is bad but is this real? This is the basic question for dealing with life here. I say this because there is so much I do not know or understand and it is so often the hidden agenda that is the one that is important, the one you will never know. So asking if this is a truth or a lie or whether it is good or bad is not adequately dealing with what faces you.
That takes one into the philosophical pursuits of dealing with the question - What is real? Then I remember the story of the Velveteen Rabbit which is about a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner.
What is real? Love is real and that means real love, hard love, tough love.
I was going to finish here but then I sent a message to a good friend today about all that is happening around us, saying that there is just so much with earthquakes, wars, bad politics, death of ones close to us. My closing line was - I am so happy God is running the show. I could not cope.
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