Dalai Lama nails the issue yet again
From today's Calendar page:"Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart must be solved first."
This is the reason that efforts to improve social inclusion and cohesion so frequently stall or are actively opposed in Launceston.
Hearts have been hard for too long. Blaming a person for their circumstances has become the deeply ingrained culture of this city and as a consequence many people who are doing well in Northern Tasmania just don't have deep compassion for their neighbours who may be struggling.
Inevitably this means that the will to solve our problems locally simply doesn't exist.
If it were otherwise, we'd be doing much better than we are.
posted by Alan Melton @ 4:31 pm
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