When we remember

It is inter­es­ting to remem­ber, but do we remem­ber why we need to remem­ber? Let’s have a look. Today is Remem­brance Day in Cana­da. A day to com­me­mo­rate the sacri­fice of World War I and the signing of the armis­tice. A posi­tive thing, in my opi­nion. But is it enough to sim­ply just remem­ber some­thing like that? Suf­fe­ring and sor­row were brought about by casual­ties, which were brought about by sacri­fice, which itself was brought about by dedi­ca­tion. But this dedi­ca­tion could have sim­ply been limi­ted to pro­tec­ting our own against forces other than armed conflict.

Armed conflict is the cause of this suf­fe­ring. But what can we do to prevent this from hap­pe­ning again? In my opi­nion, and I’m convin­ced by this, all of the sol­diers who fell during bat­tle, as well as those who are still alive today, would have liked this conflict to be avoi­ded if it would have been pos­sible to reach the same reso­lu­tion. The fami­lies and loved ones affec­ted pro­ba­bly would have pre­fer­red that the esca­la­tion of conflict not come to that. So let’s make sure that remem­be­ring means some­thing and that real actions emerge from this pain­ful memory.

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

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Last Upda­ted on Novem­ber 14, 2019 by Coach Dan­ny