Then close your eyes

l have this, sure you also do "this urgent need to communicate" ,hear others saying also the "still more urgent need not to be found."That something not holding understanding of, Glad about it shows still working some stuff out. 

`First you close your eyes to the pictures

Then you close your eyes to the memory

Then close your eyes to the facts

Then you’ll close your eyes to the entire context` 

Relative poverty is this situation where many not being seen,

nor are there stories being listened to, 1-25 people live in UK in destitution .

7 million sanctions be used by this Government since 2010.

Welfare reform act cut all benefits to all people

3000 people who removed from ESA have died

food bank usage increased

National debate revolves around scroungers, millionaire benefit cheats

while the real story goes untold

Not asked 

No discussion

Nothing changed

My own diagnosis is that we moved to a Hedonistic culture where we care little for others, be they ill,poor,aged,vulnerable. result is clear in broken society.

But the worse for myself is the place of the Church, who more then any other group are called to speak up.

lack of culture and up bringing

'Whenever we set out to dream our dreams ,to build our temples, we must be honest enough to recognise this.
Where you come from ,that going to limit such ideals’

In east riding library the noise from kidz whose excluded, so we have to put up with him doing his homework, with tutor.WHILE he listens to Friday night live...

Also the so called librarians are talking loud, giggling loud, about `how boyfriend made it home drunk last evening`....
Like we want to know This?

WE SUNK THIS LOW..

CUTBACKS--- SUCH DEEP THROAT ISSUE

We are living at moment deep shame, Broken society we are among, should move us 

explore how we are Not addressing child poverty, been issue worked in since 1989 green paper.

Stopped increased benefits for poor, had 5 year block on any level of rise,not even most meager rate of inflation like.
3000 deaths related to disabled people coming of (taken from), ESA ,and other disable benefits.

Lack care for aged,poor,those who are i'll, or in poor health.

Support missed in our delivery to vulnerable, 

Actions that Will shame future Historians.
Some debate took part in yesterday the general excuse is we all are having to accept cuts.
WOW
That ole chestnut . . .CUTS...surprised so many swallowed that one.

WAGES NOT KEEPING UP EITHER

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`just for me, just for others, true Justice`.

life  WHERE DID IT GO
12 years ago we played air guitar while visited hull

does it mean

 ,`we travel towards old age, we just look back..`

Hope should be something hold

Not for myself but for others

so is looking back the way

 `view the future`

by that mean like`way things should be

strive .want better for others`.

Whole process is not wanting something for myself but wanting justice.

Better opportunity for them..the young...

not myself, wish for little..

But it appears even that beyond most of us these days

who l am ...well not someone who hold or lives among those who hold influence.

How can hope come about .if we are simply where we started.

`There’s tension at the heart of human nature. whenever we set out to dream our dreams ,to build our temples, we must be honest enough to recognise it.’

Part of the tension for myself is we never go forward..so often  lived ,worked, built community around been forgotten, feels like our best efforts amount to little..while others often pretty wicked go on, buy houses drive better cars..have more holidays and income..yet read a simple Bible passage told to be grateful.

twitter feeds say we must strive

but tension highest for myself is this? why do the rich get better!

while poorest still get worse deal ,even in climate change debate it middle class high earners who buy organic food..protest on bikes..eat out in cafes..go home to comfortable.

while we reside in a place called uncomfortable..where they dare to say is growth..

It not true

tension is we know this..

so Biblical platitudes

Middle class values around grace ,

compassion,

Such Values are not what called for.

`just for me, just for others, true Justice`.

see another view

It’s usually an upper-middle-class elite, living in the metropolitan centre, that shops for organic and GMO-free food items from fancy stores. That’s fine, nobody really has an issue with people paying more for green carton packaging and food with no added health benefits. What is concerning, however, is that, increasingly, the same people want to impose their habits on those who don’t believe in it and those who can’t afford it.

That serious issue for many these days
people imposing belief system on others, the exact problem many accused Christians of trying to achieve not so long ago
fortunately l am well capable holding serious debate about faith l possess.Glad really that the free speaking rhetoric is being seen for tight fisted regulations against freedom.
But what saddens me most about these debates whether it be the wearing of the Nigib, politics,French street battles, there is little balance.

These are huge subjects yet not presented very well,nor researched properly journalism is pretty poor as well.

Often it appears to me that most discussion could come from a google exploration, not from the beautiful deep minds we hold

Purpose of debate is for us to understand each other better

To see another view

To live in a world alongside each other where differences are recognised.

But unbalance is holding court, this is `emotional literacy` for the currant world.

HERE IS ONE EXAMPLE

don`t agree with much of what any these people say...but OK with them holding another view to mine.

It fine...it OK just allow me to do several things

1- Not agree

2- Agree

3- Not at all be bothered or care or wish to be involved

I listen often to podcasts

They are wonderful, find myself learning another view, hear people discussing, later l either look further, or l let it slip away.That brings me balance in my own emotional literacy.

think l grow and develop better

Accept that my views can alter

also enforce sometimes stuff l am reconstructing about.

blues they still here

Joseph Rowntree Fdn.

@jrf_uk

·

23 Jun

Whoever becomes our next Prime Minister has to reconnect with low-income voters. Key to this will be understanding people's hopes, fears and expectations post-Brexit.

Serpicoserpico

@spiritodelarue

Fat chance Rather fat cat chance

10:55 am

·its sickening it really is this is a measure of how low we sunk yes people food banks,child poverty,people are isolated, not free...social mobility as understand this has several components. How people can up sticks and travel for work..that alone is not easy rented home`s is expensive,support does not exist....the second element relates as simple me understands this to how people connect with friends,family,community in wider sense..also feel it affects how people engage with stuff that might not be within normal focus..maybe at its lowest travel taken to Cafe by lonely person who just wants to hear another voice..teenager wanting to connect with friends who they do not live close too. that social poverty...

trees as a blessing

if trees could talk
well what a tale they would tell
who sat there
who sat with whom
sheltered
snogging
thoughts they could read

Yeah know its only a tree ...but it like the blessings we can not always recognise...they are beautiful...

Like you are

When God gets back from his break would someone let me know..

The past is always with us.
Where we come from,
what we go through, 

how we go through it;

just never know what coming at you .....Issue this Thursday at 13-15 is going to bring BaD news

  They say "things get better" . . Well No...Finding these times just 
         simply not what they should be.

         Heard a guy yesterday morning as walked  . arguing with his family..stormed off complaining about how hard life was . 

T       Issues that bring personal drama into life those passing.

        Just so hard to witness.Again homeless person spoke with.

         what must these poor soul`s be feeling own heart

      

         Why many families being drove apart!

         We became a society that manifests such situations daily?

         The food banks

         Meal clinics

        Health issues . . .EMOTIONAL LITERACY

        Bullying

        Lack of protest

         Difference between the haves and those without

          larger gaps in prosperity

         pain

                

          Hunger

         Sadness

     This is not something on a soap..everyday for many  my locality

I                                            sick of it all...life it just too damn hard...too uncomfortable..

           when God gets back from his break would someone let me know..

Poor reporting

Universal Credit is one system to replace six benefits: Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit, Jobseeker's Allowance, Income Support, Employment Support Allowance and Housing Benefit.

Tory minister Iain Duncan Smith launched it in 2013 to "make work pay", by ensuring your benefits taper away slowly as you earn more salary, rather than vanishing it in one go.

Universal Credit has oozed controversy and debate across the UK and not everyone is a fan of the new six-in-one benefit.

However, two passionate staff at Hull Jobcentre are adamant that Universal Credit is convincing people into the world of work and helping to put the city on the map.

Debbie, a work coach team leader, and June, a customer service manager, have over 60 years of combined experience working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Seldom have l been more offended, then this white wash of the `Gestapo` dealings offered by the Authority delivering these benefit culls.

Poor journalism, but it to be expected by Hull daily mail.

the two cretins talking to the paper are so proud they do not use full names

nor does the reporter either ask any questions nor does the paper allow any customer access to feed back their own views.

this is gutter reporting at its best

the Hull daily mail must be proud

Only good news is that newspaper sales are long ago declining 

Future of this newspaper days are near the end indeed.

then comes this moment . .

Sometimes like even often in week,

 Reflect back to time few years only when l was working further up north.

Often using ferry.

Long driving sessions

Meeting lots of people.

Walking cliff tops and the denes

Confident of future

Then came these long couple of years, Money worries,
trouble illness uncertainty, and poor health.
Doubts
Questions
Faith
Isolation
Deconstructing
Career stalls
Lack of direction
Loss of friendships
Death of parents
Getting slower
Feeling misunderstood

The life less traveled

things that make you different what you really go through.

It don't matter that some fool say he different 'cause the things that make you different is what you really do,
 what you really go through.

so wrestle with stuff
been issue reflecting on this week
unanswered prayer
which is not about disbelief
but struggle to accept what values substitute as Gods will
like be happy for what you have
well does my wanting more result in a process of myself appearing spiritually weak

 as the `stiff little fingers ` once sang `that the way it has to be for the likes of you and me`..
but why is it a spiritual value to be accepting worse situation
why is it a spiritual value
to actual degrade yourself and another..

Bruce Springsteen got a new album out at present the critics are toasting this.
how ever feel it very samey to the last few outings
especially.. magic..
and working on a dream
Marlboro man image, of being a `tough western loner `
just appears not relevant
 . . .well not relevant to 2019
Good stuff been done and in a better way

The rising very prophetic was perhaps best of the new millennium
Words, music, and atmospheric from the album
Bringing lyrical healing,recognizing new danger 
quietly arresting` terror recalled by 9/11` 
addressing stuff around economics.
Further touching on `redemption`and `rebirth`
issues not recently visited.
Love music
important part of my faith journey
Quintessential part of my life.