Change...a good thing, yeah? Well, perhaps not always......

Change, they say, is inevitable.

How we deal with change is up to each of us, so they also say.

Some change may be incremental, some sudden and imposed.

Change is often viewed as progress, improvement and growth,

but this I wonder, .....is this always so?

Change, is the first word in a chain of reactions,

once we embrace it, next comes actions.

Out with the old, in with the new,

what we know, becomes what we knew.

Progress we are told, comes with a cost,

we must forget about the past and what may be lost.

With excitement, curiosity and anticipation,

we must fix our gaze firmly, ..toward the horizon.

Then at a distance we may dimly see,

the potential of change and it's possibilities.

To embrace any change, we must let go of the old,

to not look back, but forward we're told.

Much as we may wish to apply change to the past,

it can not be done, nay, that die has been cast. 

Change, you see, yes, it's very nature,

belongs to right now, and to the future.

[Citizen z]

Here is what I often ponder; does not the word change infer that it is something not set in cement?

The change to the ''way of life'' that was imposed on the Native American's (Indigenous American's), Australian Indigenous People, and all other peoples and nations that have been subjected to invasions by other countries, has had dire consequences for those peoples, their cultures, their health and well-fare, the well-being of their hearts and minds, and their customs.

The ''change'' that the invaders brought with them may have been classified by the invaders as   ''progress'', but history will attest to the fact that rather than progress, the changes they imposed on the indigenous peoples, has had catastrophic outcomes.

So, maybe it is time for a change?

Maybe it is time to support and listen, and to ask what the peoples of the ''invaded nations'' would consider to be helpful in order to promote a congruous and peaceful co-existence? 

Every new day offers an opportunity for change...for you, for me, for all of us .....

Well, that is my hope anyway......

ps: about the painting, the native american medicine woman is releasing the "states" thru the blue window..( where usually the stars are...)