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OUR LIFE MONTHLY, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America VOL XXXVII FEBRUARY 1980 No. 2 EDITORIAL LOVE AND RESPONSIBILITY T h e tra g ic d e a th o f tw o w o m e n h a s m a d e F eb ru ary “th e m o n th of th e h e r o in e s .” O lh a B a sa r a b , w h o d ie d in F ebruary 1 9 2 4 in Lviv, an d O le n a T elih a , w h o d ie d in F ebruary 1 9 4 2 in Kiev b e c a m e s y m b o ls o f h e r o is m . T w o d iffe re n t w o m e n — d iffe re n t in g e n e r a tio n s , p e r s o n a li tie s , u p b r in g in g , in te r e sts , p r o f e s s io n s . W hat th e y had in c o m m o n w a s th eir lo v e o f th eir co u n tr y , th eir fe e lin g o f r e s p o n s ib ility for its fa te, an d th e s u b s e r v ie n c e o f th eir life to its n e e d s . T h e y w e r e n ot th e o n ly o n e s . In a d d itio n to th em , o n e w o u ld h a v e to m e n tio n th e n a m e s o f m a n y o th e r s — s o m e a lr e a d y d e c e a s e d an d o th e r s w h o did n o t d ie for their c o u n tr y but w h o o u t of a s e n s e o f r e sp o n s ib ility carried an d c o n tin u e to carry th e h e a v y b u rd en o f life. S o m e carry it in jail c e ll s an d p riso n c a m p s . O th ers carry it in c ir c u m s t a n c e s o f fr e e d o m . For th e r e e x is t e v e r y d a y h e r o in e s w h o d a ily c h o o s e th e road of o p p o s itio n rather th an ta k in g th e path o f le a s t r e s is ta n c e . B e s id e s t h o s e w h o s e n a m e s a re fam iliar to us, h o w m a n y o th e r s are th e r e w h o a re u n k n o w n ? "Love of c o u n tr y ” — is th is ju st a fin e p h r a se w h ic h s o m e t im e s m o v e s o n e to te a r s ? Are th e ou tw a rd e x p r e s s io n s o f th is fe e lin g — via d e m o n s tr a tio n s , s p e e c h e s an d s o n g s — e n o u g h ? S h o u ld n ’t th e r e b e tied to th is fe e lin g a s e n s e of r e s p o n s ib ility for o n e 's a c tio n s , for c o n d u c tin g o n e ’s life a c c o r d in g to th e n e e d s o f a larg er unit — o n e ’s c o u n tr y ? Of c o u r s e , n o t e v e r y o n e c a n b e a h e ro or h e r o in e . That is, n o t e v e r y o n e s h o u ld or c a n c r o s s th e lim its of norm al h u m a n r e s is t a n c e an d to le r a n c e o f pain or p r e ss u r e . But th e m o n e y an d k n o w le d g e o f h e r o ic d e e d s of o th e r s o b li g e s e a c h in d ivid u al to a ce rta in a m o u n t of effort, n ot ju st to lo u d w o r d s o f p r a ise and r e sp e c t. An e s s e n t ia l part o f lo v e — if it is n o t ju st a s h o r t lived e m o t io n — is a s e n s e o f r e sp o n s ib ility . T h is re la te s n ot o n ly to lo v e of c o u n tr y , but to lo v e o f p a r e n ts a n d c h ild r en and lo v e for a b e lo v e d in d ivid u al. Of c o u r s e th e e x p r e s s io n of lo v e, or a c t io n s r e su ltin g from a fe e lin g of r e sp o n s ib ility for th e lo v e d o n e , a re d e te r m in e d by c ir c u m s ta n c e s . An a c tio n w h ic h h e re in th e fr e e w orld is c o n s id e r e d a n orm al, e v e r y d a y o c c u r r e n c e — th e r e in th e S o v ie t s y s te m c a n b e s e e n a s a real a c h ie v e m e n t, s o m e t im e s e v e n a h e r o ic o n e . It is e a s y , in o u r p e r h a p s o v e r ly fr e e s o c ie t y , to c r itic iz e th e fo r m s o f p r o te s t in U kraine. O n e m u st h o w e v e r first “put o n th eir s h o e s ” an d o n ly th en p o s t u la te h o w an d w h a t to d o in th e s t r u g g le for fr e e d o m in a c o u n tr y w h e r e a r tistic c r e a tiv ity or e v e n th e u s e of o n e ’s n a tiv e la n g u a g e c a n b e c o n s id e r e d a c r im e a g a in s t th e r eg im e . Our ta sk s h o u ld b e to s u p p o r t e v e r y e x p r e s s io n of th e fig h t for fr ee d o m ; to h e lp t h o s e w h o in th e n a m e of fr e e d o m put th eir life ’s a c h ie v e m e n t s and th eir o w n an d th eir f a m ilie s ’ s a f e ty o n th e line. S h o u ld w e b e g in to n o u rish ou r o w n variety o f p a trio tism th at is in fa c t cu t o ff from o u r n a tiv e la n d ? Or rather, s h o u ld w e try to u n d e r sta n d t h o s e p a th s w h ic h o u r b r o th e r s an d s is te r s in U k rain e h a v e c h o s e n ? T h e y a w a it an d n e e d our su p p o r t. A nd w h o if n o t w e s h o u ld try to u n d e r sta n d an d h e lp th e m ? transl. by A.H.S. NINA STROKATA KARAWANSKA VISITS THE UNWLA On J a n u a r y 2 4 , 1 9 8 0 , S v ia t o s la w a n d N in a K a ra w a n sk y v isited w ith th e UNWLA. UNWLA P r e sid e n t I. R o z a n k o w sk a in tr o d u c e d th e v isito r s, after w h ic h all p r e se n t g o t a c h a n c e to e x c h a n g e f e e l in g s an d id e a s . It w a s a p le a s u r e s e e i n g th e K a ra w a n sk y s. T h ere w a s little tim e for e x t e n s iv e d is c u s s io n s ; th e r e will b e tim e e n o u g h for th is w h e n th e K a r a w a n sk y s are re ste d and a d ju s te d to th eir n e w life. T h e y life th eir b e lo v e d h o m e la n d r e g r e ttin g th eir in ab ility to h e lp her. Mrs. N ina g la d ly to ld u s a b o u t th e U krainian p o litic a l p r is o n e r s, a b o u t th e s p e c ia l b in d s a m o n g th eir fa m ilie s. S o m e h o w , w ith a c o m m o n fe e lin g , a c o m m o n lo s s , a c o m m o n “sp iritu a lity ” th a t b in d s th em all c lo s e ly t o g e t h e r , t h e s e p e o p l e m a n a g e t h e i m p o s s i b le . S o m e h o w , th e y m a n a g e to g e t n e w s o f w h a t is really g o in g o n in th e U k rain e b a ck to u s an d a sk for o u r h elp . U k ra in ia n s in th e fr e e w o rld sh o u ld s u p p o r t an d h elp th eir fe llo w U k ra in ia n s in a n y w a y p o s s ib le . It w a s d ifficu lt p artin g w ith ou r g u e s t s . T h r o u g h th eir sh o rt visit, th e y filled u s w ith str e n g th an d hu m ility and r e n e w e d ou r r e s o lv e s to w ork for all th at is truly o u rs. Due to circumstances beyond the control of the editors, the continuation of Motria Kushnir's "Double Vision" will be printed in the next issue. 22 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ, ЛЮТИЙ 1980 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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