Hi Marlene,
Had to Google some of the words you use like Arohanui, and loved this interpretation. There's a similar word in South Africa -Obuntu - which i learnt about 2 years ago when i was there (in time to see SA thrash NZ in the tri nations
) I now feel guilty about petty rugby rivalry. Winning isnt everything -Its the only thing
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Arohanui is a Maori word which is a little difficult to define. Literally, it means 'big love'. In its real sense, it is not the small love which is confined to immediate friends and family, but is abundant enough to embrace all life. The world has never needed healing more than it does at present. But we look out at it, and the problems seem too many, too complex, too great. We are left saying despairingly - 'What can we do? We can't change anything - we don't have the power.' And it is true, isolated we are the little people.
But together, united, we can change many things, and return love and hope to the world. Out there - there are millions of people - people just like me, like you - who are scared, angry, hopeless, worried - but still retain the courage to hope and smile. All races, all ages, all religions, all culture, all countries. But increasingly we have become an anonymous body of people which takes away the fact of our humanity, our individuality.
Sometimes, we lose hope, because we cannot see things happen straightaway. We feel that there is no way in which we can bring about change. But every word, every action is like a seed. We may think that it falls to the ground and lies there, forgotten.. But like seeds, these words and actions will spring into growth in the heart of another, and flower and bear fruit. And from that fruit will come another seed, and another plant.
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Arohanui
Tony
