OUR ATTITUDE

Earlier this week a friend forwarded a youtube clip to me, about the world and Muslim demographics. Today it was forwarded to me by another friend.

I am not going to forward it on as I do not like the tone. This is my stuff, and my perception, because I truly believe that we get what we focus on. I live and teach this. I choose to live and to focus positively.

These projected statistics make perfect sense. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world due to its high birth rates.

The face of Europe is changing. However, the propaganda is based on the assumption that all Muslims are bad, fundamentalists and dangerous.

It is our attitude to dealing with change in society that determines our path of Success.
The fact remains that only a tiny minority of Muslims are actual threats to the state, just like any other criminals. The state as a whole faces unprecedented threats due to globalization, and the changing nature and scope of their power.

Fundamentalist Muslims pose no more of a threat than violent Anti-Abortionists; Klu Klux clan members, Violent and Lawless Criminals, Racists; Anti-Semites and the like.

Muslims in Europe and America and Africa, have shown themselves to be law-abiding citizens who, while retaining their cultural practices, seek to be part of a society.

This sort of propaganda reminds me of Nazi Germany where the Jewish nation was classed as a threat for their growth and success.

People's fear of terrorist threats stemming from a few fundamentalist individuals, is rather short-sighted, presumptuous, and dare I say it, Racist, to class an entire nation of people as "dangerous."

The clip asserts an inherently problematic thesis: that as non-Muslims we need to unite against Islam- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? does it mean genocide/ openly racist policies - what ever it means, it cannot result in the creation of a peaceful, open, multicultural society.

My heart doubles in size when my Muslim friend's sons attend our son's Barmitzvahs.
I am go grateful for the Muslim girlfriends who have supported me as I have struggled
to create a new life in the UK, who have opened their hearts and homes, and arrive with trays of food while we have moved house, and comfort when we have lost a parent to cancer.

I have been so pleased to return the favour and provide flasks of Chicken Soup when they have flu, and to share a cup of tea, knowing that we want the same blessings from life ............ To be Successful, To Have Happy, Balanced Families and To Make A Difference.

I smile when I see our Jewish sons playing tennis and football with their Muslim friends in the park, knowing that the Values I live, they have adopted as their own.

I do know that these 3 Rules of the Universe are true, and it is with total gratitude that I give thanks to the two Mentors in my life, my two Aunts. Jacqueline, who taught me to raise the bar from a very early age, and Yvonne who instilled the follwing 3 Rules by which I live, and am constantly reminded of in my intimate relationships and life's challenges:

We Cannot EXPECT ANYONE to be the way we want them to be

We cannot BLAME ANYONE for how we feel

In Most Challenging situations when we cannot make headway, the only thing we can do is change our ATTITUDE.

I forwarded this perspective to many others this week, in the hope that we will all understand that there is so much we can't change, however the only thing
we can change is our ATTITUDES.

Together we can Live The Change We Want To See Happening Around Us.


Shelley

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