I wanted to express my feelings on this very important time in the history of the world.
The Voice is so much more than a handshake. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the sacrifices and courage it has taken for our First People to reclaim their culture and teachings and to then share them with us, the descendants of the invaders and others.
It is this that has lifted the ignorance and helped us understand the deeper nature of life, listening to our inner voices and living a simpler, gentler life respecting the sacredness of the land. In awakening to this truth and learning to understand these teachings we receive a sustaining, eternal gift, whereby we too then have a responsibility to share it, like ripples in the ocean.
It is our deep gratitude for this that needs to be expressed by all of us. All of Earth’s wisdom keepers’ teachings are what can save humanity from its mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual destruction if we listen to their voices. Ironic, isn’t it?
Perhaps, in the bigger scheme of things it is our oldest people who hold the key to uniting humanity… boy oh boy, what a destiny.
This is how it feels to me! We need to honour their voices from the depth of our hearts.
I want to vote ‘Yes’ in the hope it is this awareness that is the eventual outcome.
Humbling, isn’t it?
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
