Thread by @drlouisehansen

Break the Cycle: This week has left me with a sense of bewilderment. On the one hand I feel an enormous sense of love. I also feel inspired we share the truth for justice. Along side so many talent minds, such as former Prime Ministers, 1/14 #HealingTrauma #Justice4Australia

current politicians, journalists, teachers, medical experts, lawyers, professors, scientists, healers, poets, artists, adventurists, observers and many more loving and passionate Australians. 2/14

On the other hand, the Morrison Government makes no sense to me in the 21 Century. Are they trying to gain or lose voters? It seems they will lose Australian women who still feel unsafe and unheard. Older Australians in an increasing Aged Care crisis. 3/14

First Nation Australians who experience pages of ongoing human rights abuse. Australians below the poverty line in housing crisis and welfare not enough to survive. Australians with a disability and unclear future of NDIS. 4/14

Australians who value Medicare. Australians who want an effective Covid-19 strategy, including appropriate quarantine facilities, to carry on with life. Stranded Australians still abandoned abroad. Indian Australians left for dead in their darkest hour. 5/14

Australians who want Tharnicaa, Kopika, Priya and Nades sent home to Biloela. Australians who want to reform broken systems, like our Refugee System or Criminal Justice System, that perpetuate racism, prejudice, division, trauma, addiction, 6/14

poverty, homelessness, violence, crime and suicide. Sensible and compassionate Australians, who want humane, lawful, trauma informed, evidence based systems, for increasingly unpredictable times. Australians who want to tackle climate change. 7/14

Australians who have shifted from self esteem (i.e. the obsession with being special and above average; “survival of the fittest”; leaving many behind to die) to self compassion (i.e. kindness, common humanity and mindfulness; “enlightenment”). 8/14

Whether we are actively involved or have absolutely no idea, this is the majority. A majority that consists of some extraordinarily talented minds. How many Australians have no idea that right now you are fighting for their lives? How many refugees are thankful you exist? 9/14

How many Indian Australians know you consider them as family? How many children, like Tharnicaa and Kopika, will learn one day, you only wanted what’s best for them? How many elders know you want them to feel valued, respected and dignified, before they die? 10/14

Even if millions of Australians are unaware of increasingly traumatic and divided times. This does not take away the level of regard, from so many walks of life, fighting for their lives. It blows my mind. Thank you for being you. Sharing what you have learnt with me. 11/14

Thank you for letting me be me. Sharing what I’ve learnt with you. I do hope we end injustice. It will prevent ill health, trauma and suicide. I do hope one day Australians, and friends from lands across the seas, feel without question, safe, accepted and connected here. 12/14

More than anything else, I hope every life experiences a sense of love and belonging. This only requires insight and the choice to break the cycle: the negative operation of power. I hope Australia can be the change required. So all life can thrive. 13/14

Kindness.
Common Humanity.
Mindfulness. 14/14

#HealingTrauma #Justice4Australia #WeAllBelong

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