When we, as a society, value love more than fear, peace more than violence, words more than bombs, communication more than guns, then our morals will be consistent with the change of consciousness. We are each called upon to support those cultural values that reflect our own personal morality. With a change in personal morality, there will be a change in societal morality. We must each look within to determine our own personal position and then consistently reveal and live that out in all aspects of our lives. Our children are adapting to a moral framework that does not provide a means for them to develop in a healthy, safe and nurturing environment.
Society bears the cost.
However, it does seem to lack the ability to see, acknowledge and react to the problems created from our unwillingness to admit that there are consequences to the poor decisions we make. As a public school teacher, I witness on a daily basis, students and parents taking the path of least resistance in every decision made. When poor decisions are made, we have learned that we do not have to live with the consequences. There is always a way out of the next predicament created by our own selfishness. There is always another credit card to bail us out of the next spending spree.