09/11/2025
I know it could be easy to take sides, to give in to the on-line platforms' thirst for drama, to spew anger and blame from a place of deeply rooted fear and sadness, and to try and prove who is more right, who has suffered more loss and who is more ignorant and hateful.
Please, please work harder to pause and to feel the loss and sadness of humanity that seems to be evolving into something ugly and ego-driven instead of transforming into soft wings of understanding and divine belief in the holiness of our spirits and souls.
Please breathe in and out and ask yourself what you know about others--when you may not even fully understand yourself. Could you ask individuals questions--instead of telling them or defending your beliefs--in order to better understand their struggles, wounds, motivation, celebrations and similarities?
If this is an emotional stretch right now, could you ask to sit and say nothing? To just be present with someone like an old tree that is there to provide a place to be still and sheltered for a moment.
If this is not possible with others, could you take sacred time to be with yourself? To feel deeply into your own worries, insecurities, fears and doubts so they are witnessed and you are aware. For when you are more aware, you can then make or take time to discern more of the beauty, love and power that also lives and breathes within YOU.
When you see the innate glory of your unique self, you can also be more confident in your ability to find your path and way, AND be able to better understand or at least wonder about the same uniqueness of other humans--even those who you think you truly understand or have "known" your whole life.
Please endeavor to be a "wayfinder" instead of a finder of faults and fissures in others. The world needs all of us and all of our unique energy, beliefs and spirits. The world does NOT need more violence against each other or the earth. The world needs us to find and honor ourselves and to know that our authentic love, joy and beauty is part of the sacred formula for creating peace and a place for everyone.
These are things I am asking of myself. I hope you are feeling capable of checking in and challenging yourself, too, because we--as human beings--need reminders to awaken and seek out a more harmonious way of living and being.
I am sending waves of gentleness and kindness to you and yours.