Thursday, March 10, 2011

ᎠᎩᏰᎸ

Ꭷ ᎯᎠ ᎨᎵᎠ

I feel that labels are like any tool, even identity labels; they can be used for good or ill.... When people are exposed to similar environments and are educated (indoctrinated) in a specific ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ (language, values, beliefs, customs, behaviors, world view, life ways, ect.) recognize their commonality and draw strength socially as an individual from that same ᏗᎧᏃᏩᏛᏍᏗ, there is a sense of solidarity, solace, comfort and surety that can cradle a person and allow them the safety to reach for their maximum potential. Challenges to that insulation, on the other hand, are potential motivation for personal achievement.

Those that share the same physical appearance due to relatedness by means of population migration or even adaptation to climatological conditions may also develop a value for commonality in physical expression that could further facilitate the insulated comfort zone of sameness. This comfort in sameness the natural intuitive conclusion of experiential observation. Those most similar in all ways to another can draw comfort from the predictability and stability of an expectation of posited responses. If you live in a world of gray you don't expect color.

In a peaceful and safe ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏛ environment, when individual differences are shown to be mutually beneficial between diverse groups then the natural and logical initial fear of the unpredictable, potentially chaotic and different "other" can be overcome through time, patience and acclimation. In a positive scenario approaching the perfect ideal, a complete system ᎧᎵᏬᎯ, exploring differences can be seen as an opportunity for growth in experiences and ideas. Exposure to positive and innovative experiences do not mean an abandonment of self and others of like kind but will result in growth and positive self reflection ᎠᏑᎭ ᎢᏣᏛᏁᏗ.

By accident of birth or result of conditions, individual expressions, though potentially similar to others each of us is unique and endowed with specific characteristics, abilities, skills and talents. When we maximize our individual or personal potential, we specialize in function and purpose. When we rely on one another in community, each of us contributing the best of what we are, our specialty; we can rely on others to do the same and the result is that an integrated system functionality is established. Both individuality and cultural identity are necessary to fulfill our potential as ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ.

ᎣᏏᏳ

ᏩᏕ ᎦᎵᏍᎨᏫ  ᏥᎪᏪᎸᎦ

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