Not long ago there was no need to discuss passing on Heritage … skills, knowledge, respect, appreciation or whatever. This was ingrained. An elemental part of societies foundation. Inseparable.
If a person were to espouse the need to protect such basic linings of life’s attire, he/she would have been the laughing stock of the community. It is easy to imagine a retort to such a warning, would have gone something like this:
“Why my good man. Have you lost your senses?
Why would we spend hard won time to protect what God, the Earth and Life itself have given, as common to us here as the rising of the sun on the morrow.
You would serve yourself better by putting your energies into preparing for the coming winter. Now, there is something to work toward.”
Laughs and guffaws all around.
But now? Well, those people of yesteryear would be greatly dismayed to find the current Heritage state-of-affairs. They would find a server lax, regarding the importance of Heritage. The very core of their comments: referred to a element to life itself: are either ignored or deemed unimportant.
Where did we get off-track? Or, are we – off-track? Many would say it all depends upon ones perspective.
I agree. But not to the liking of the more modern position.
I believe the position we have taken – with regard to our perspective – is suspect. Our perspective today lacks depth in the long-view sense. I rather believe our perspective – has become perverted – by the narrow and short-minded view of today’s social depravity.
Thus, the reason for O’fieldstream Heritage Journal.
In this publication, I – and others who share my sentiment will provide a thread of direction back to the basics of our Heritage.
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