The initials of this title are Trademark Trademark. There will be a few others who will pick this out.
We seem to be forever seeking out edges and angles that others haven’t but I see a decided decline in dignity and humility.
Everybody thinking THEIR version of events is THE truth rather than their partially-formed perspective.
Yes, we recognise patterns.
Yes, we have less or no trust in particular institutions.
Yes, everything feels subverted and turned upside down.
It doesn’t mean declining into nihilism (the ‘h’ is silent in nihilism, by the way and mosaic has two syllables not three).
I’ve been called a grammar nazi, fine. Knock yourself out. Standards don’t feel like a choice to me. Yes, I do wonder if I am alienating people.
This isn’t an “I wish people would just come together” post because I’m not that deluded or tyrannical.
Everything has to fit into people’s chosen worldview and it’s so arrogant. To think we carpet-fashion have all the info, all the wisdom, the ability to piece everything together in seconds. No, no, no.
I love being on the ground. I will go to the next Unite The Kingdom March because I want to experience, for myself, what it’s really like. I did the marches when I lived in London during COVID and they were transformational experiences of utter belonging and harmony. Festivals of Freedom. I want to smell the people, hear them singing and conversing, the doers.
We forget we are Peoples, shared common heritage and historic accomplishment and people everywhere let their egos get in the way of unity.
We who want the best for each other, stand up together.
Photo Credit: Alastair Hilton