What just happened

I started thinking about the important things in our life. Probably the most important is our health. Then maybe comes our family and our career. Of course there's others, like religion, politics and the environment and more, you could think of. Some may argue about the order of importance but it doesn't really make a great deal of difference, as it's an individual perception.

I'm wondering, seeing all the chaos that is happening in other countries, if we should be concerned about the events from a human point of view. Not the particular politics or religious context, but just what it means when we see revolution taking place, like in Egypt as an example. It's now obvious that repression would no longer be tolerated, and the younger generation, for the most part, led protests against the government, willing to be killed for an ideal, what was referred to as democracy with the right to freedom of expression. No one will be able to say for certain, right now, what will become of this quest for democracy, but very likely it will be an improvement from what was in place. However, the long term effects may not be realized as a functioning government is put in place. And as we have seen for many hundreds of years, as long as the human race divides itself into different religions, governments and countries, this will only lead to further conflict. I believe that true change has to go beyond that.