Does it? I've noticed something...
About a year ago I wasn't very active in my Armenianianness... basically it expended about as far as speaking Armenian with my relatives. However, in the last year I've sudden become more Armenian and I've noticed... things seem to be looking up, in many different areas. In general, Armenians are getting more mainstream.. in the last year I've seen more Armenians on T.V. and in magazines (NOT talking about on Armenian television or Armenian magazines) than ever before, I'm seeing more politicians, both Local here in california and in the federal government, who are Armenians. As for for Armenia itself, just recently American completely normalized trade with Armenia (a good thing of course) despite Turkish whining and growth rates are up an dpoverty is going down (very, very, very slowly, but it is happening) and various other good news things.
Now... is that all stuff that happens anyway, and the kind of things that have BEEN happening? May sound a little selfcentric, but it seems like as soon as I started giving a xxxx stuff started getting better... I'm wondering if it wasn't just me, if there was just some sort of grand awakening in Armenians everywhere this last year or so to make a big push in our direction.
Of course, not everything is going well.. Turkey and Azerbaijan CONTINUE to do things that hinder us on a daily basis... but over all, it feels like things are looking up for Armenians more than in the past... Anyway, I'm just rambling at this point, just had to share.
P.S.
Does the meaning of a word ever just hit you all of a sudden even though it seems it SHOULD be obvious? for example, it just hit me today that Hayast(d)an literally means "Home of the Armenians" (Hyeri Daneh).
About a year ago I wasn't very active in my Armenianianness... basically it expended about as far as speaking Armenian with my relatives. However, in the last year I've sudden become more Armenian and I've noticed... things seem to be looking up, in many different areas. In general, Armenians are getting more mainstream.. in the last year I've seen more Armenians on T.V. and in magazines (NOT talking about on Armenian television or Armenian magazines) than ever before, I'm seeing more politicians, both Local here in california and in the federal government, who are Armenians. As for for Armenia itself, just recently American completely normalized trade with Armenia (a good thing of course) despite Turkish whining and growth rates are up an dpoverty is going down (very, very, very slowly, but it is happening) and various other good news things.
Now... is that all stuff that happens anyway, and the kind of things that have BEEN happening? May sound a little selfcentric, but it seems like as soon as I started giving a xxxx stuff started getting better... I'm wondering if it wasn't just me, if there was just some sort of grand awakening in Armenians everywhere this last year or so to make a big push in our direction.
Of course, not everything is going well.. Turkey and Azerbaijan CONTINUE to do things that hinder us on a daily basis... but over all, it feels like things are looking up for Armenians more than in the past... Anyway, I'm just rambling at this point, just had to share.
P.S.
Does the meaning of a word ever just hit you all of a sudden even though it seems it SHOULD be obvious? for example, it just hit me today that Hayast(d)an literally means "Home of the Armenians" (Hyeri Daneh).
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