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O U R L I F E M O N TH LY published by Ukrainian National Women's League cf Am erica V o l. X X X V I J U N E 1 9 7 9 N o . 6 EDITORIAL O L E N A T E L IH A T H E H O M E C O M IN G Between Exaggerated Praise and Heedless Criticism ‘L u b it ’ U k r a in u ! — "L o v e U k r a in e !” H o w o fte n o u r y o u th h e a rs s u c h e x h o r ta tio n s ! B u t w h a t d o th e y u n d e r s ta n d to be th e n a tu r e o f th is lo v e ? A re th e y to lo v e U k r a in e b e c a u s e s h e is th e b e st, th e m o s t b e a u tifu l? O r s h o u ld s h e b e d e a re s t to th e m b e c a u s e s h e is s im p ly T H E IR S ? W h e n w e s p e a k o f lo v e f o r o u r F a th e rla n d , w e te ll o u r c h ild r e n a b o u t th e p e r s e c u tio n , th e s u ffe r in g a n d th e h e ro is m o f U k r a in e . W h e n w e s p e a k o f h e r b e a u ty , w e o fte n lim it o u r d e s c r ip tio n s to th e r o m a n tic iz e d d e ta ils o f th a tc h e d c o tta g e s a n d c h e r r y o rc h a rd s . W ill th e s e w o r d s b e e n o u g h to a w a k e n a n d b o ls te r a lo v e f o r th e liv in g U k r a in e in o u r c h ild r e n a n d g iv e th e m a s e n s e o f h a v in g tie s w ith th e U k r a in ia n p e o p le ? P a re n ts a n d y o u th o r g a n iz a tio n s h a v e a lr e a d y fo u n d s u c h e x h o r t a t io n s to “ L o v e !” a n e m ic . A y o u n g p e r s o n ’s e x p o s u re to U k r a in e s h o u ld be w id e in s c o p e . W e s h o u ld h e lp a n d e n c o u r a g e e v e ry y o u n g p e rs o n t o e x a m in e U k ra in e 's h is to r y , r e lig io n , tr a d itio n a l c u ltu r e , a rts , s c ie n c e , c itie s a n d m o n u m e n ts . A n d le t us n o t f o r g e t th a t c lo s e e x a m in a tio n m e a n s fa c in g n o t o n ly th o s e fa c ts o f w h ic h o u r n a tio n is p ro u d , b u t a ls o th e m o r e u n p le a s a n t fa c ts o f o u r h is to r y as a p e o p le . O n ly w h e n th e y o u n g p e rs o n g o e s f o r t h in to th e w o r ld a rm e d w ith f u ll u n d e r s ta n d in g o f h is e th n ic p a s t is he n o lo n g e r in d a n g e r o f b e in g d is illu s io n e d w h e n o th e r p e o p le , ju s t ly o r u n ju s tly , p o in t to th e s e fa c ts . S u c h a y o u n g p e rs o n a rg u e s f o r th e w o r th in e s s o f h is e th n ic g r o u p a n d h is F a th e rla n d in te llig e n t ly a n d c o n f id e n t ly , n o t ju s t e m o tio n a lly . S u c h a p e rs o n is n o t th re a te n e d w ith fe e lin g s o f in fe r io r ity , a n d is t r u ly e q u ip p e d to h a n d le life in a m u ltic u lt u r a l a n d in te r n a tio n a l s o c ie ty w ith o u t g iv in g u p h is o r h e r o w n e th n ic id e n tity . W ith o u t s u c h k n o w le d g e o f U k r a in e a n d t h in g s U k r a in ia n , a y o u n g p e rs o n m a y b e c o m e d is illu s io n e d w h e n he f ir s t s e e s th e n e g a tiv e a s p e c ts o f e t h n ic re a lity . H e m a y r e je c t h is e t h n ic ity a n d “ le a v e ” th e e th n ic g r o u p . O r, h e m a y “ s t a y ” , b u t b e c o m e an o v e r ly c r it ic a l a n d c o u n t e r - p r o d u c t iv e m e m b e r o f th e e th n ic g r o u p . S u c h an in d iv id u a l s e a rc h e s o u t a ll th a t is n e g a tiv e a b o u t U k ra in e a n d U k r a in ia n s in a w a y th a t is u ltim a te ly s e lf- d e p r e c a to r y . It is u n fo r tu n a te th a t th e re a re y o u n g U k r a in ia n a c a d e m ic s w h o a re u n a w a re o f U k r a in ia n a c h ie v e m e n ts o r c h o o s e to ig n o r e U k r a in ia n w o r k s in It s h a ll be th u s : o n e c r y s ta l d a y in a u tu m n W e w ill c ro s s o v e r to o u r n a tiv e ro a d s . A g ra v e e n d e a v o r w ill h a v e t ille d o u r s o u ls , S o th a t th e g r a in s o f v ic t o r y c o u ld b e s c o re d . A n d a ll th a t w h ic h f o r y e a rs w a s b u t a d re a m — R e a lity a n d p o s s ib le b e c o m e , A n d e v e ry s h r u b a n d s to n e to u s w ill s e e m , In th e s e a c u te a n d jo y o u s tim e s , th e s u n ! O u r fo lk a n d v illa g e s , im a g in e th is ! W e c o m e t o m o r r o w to o u r v e ry to w n ! A n d as a m a s te r th e n o u r fa m is h e d lu n g s W ill ta k e in t h e ir o w n a ir, c r y s t a llin e a n d w a rm . B u t in a u s p ic io u s w in d s w ill s e n d us w o e A n ic y d r a ft in to o u r h e a rts to s w e e p : E v e r y th in g ’s n e w ... A n d to th e o ld c h e r r y tre e M o th e r w ill n o t b e r u s h in g g a ily u s to g re e t... F ro m im p e tu s th e s o u l w ill h a lt o n g u a r d , S o th a t it c a n p u r s u e w ith c a u tio n k e e n A ll o th e r s o u ls , th e a lie n o r c o ld , A n d a ll th e v e rg e s d e e p th a t lie b e tw e e n . A n d o ft th e h e a rt w ill b e a b la z e w ith p a in , A n d s o m e th in g b u r n in g a t th e t h r o a t w ill te a r, W h e n u p a b o v e th e n a tiv e , s a m e d o m a in A n o th e r , u n fa m ilia r s o n g s u s p e n d s . A ll t h in g s a w a it u s : in s u lt a n d d e s p a ir O u r n a itiv e la n d is b u t a fo r e ig n h o ld . N o n e e d f o r s o r r o w ! W e w ill s o o n p re p a re T o g o o n fu r th e r , d o w n o n e s in g le ro a d . T h u s w e w ill s w e e p w ith f ir e th e b o u n d s o f lo v e , A n d w e th e w a te rs , t u r b u le n t, w ill fo r d , T o g a th e r f u ll y w h a t to u s b e lo n g s , A n d w ith o u r n a tio n to u n ite o n c e m o re . s c ie n c e a n d a r t a n d w r ite in s u c h a w a y as to g iv e th e im p re s s io n th a t th e re is e ith e r n o m a te ria l, o r n o m a te r ia l o f re le v a n c e , in p r e v io u s U k r a in ia n a c a d e m ia . It is e v e n m o re u n f o r t u n a t e th a t s o m e in s titu t io n s e n c o u r a g e th is u n h e a lth y v ie w p o in t. O u r c h ild r e n m u s t u n d e r s ta n d a n d k n o w o u r e th n ic g r o u p w h a t w e a re . K n o w o u r c u ltu r e , its h e ig h ts a n d its in a d e q u a c ie s . K n o w o u r h is to r y , its b r ig h te r a n d d a r k e r m o m e n ts . A n d lo v e it b e c a u s e it is t h e ir o w n . A s th e p o e t S y m o n e n k o w ro te : “ Y o u c a n c h o o s e a n y th in g in th e w o r ld , m y s o n O n ly y o u r F a th e rla n d is n o t f o r y o u to c h o o s e ” T r a n s la te d fr o m U k r a in ia n b y M .K .
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