Origin – an American biographicaldrama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay

Deference
noun

polite submission and respect.

“he addressed her with the deference due to age”

Synonyms of deference

obedience, acquiescence, submissiveness, docility, assent, compliancy, compliance, humouring.

it’s a brilliant film about the connection between the Holocaust and segregation laws in America and the caste system in India. It’s not racism, it’s caste. So much of what we think of as being racism is not racism. It’s groups of people who have been marginalized and placed at the bottom of the society (that they belong to). i.e. the caste system in India. No racism there, but a definite hierarchy.

slavery compared with the Holocaust, “subjugation” versus “extermination”.

Very though provoking, which I love. Will definitely watch this one again.

letting go

“The crucial point is: by changing ourselves, we change the world. As we become more loving on the inside, healing occurs on the outside. Much like the rising of the sea level lifts all ships, so the radiance of unconditional love within a human heart lifts all of life.”
― David R. Hawkins

You won’t believe it, but I bought a new book.

I have not read a book in many years, and I’m going to make the effort. G