Summary: This week I recognized people are consumed with fear based on what they've been taught to fear. People seem to think their way of thinking should be the only way. They are afraid of different beliefs, threatened. Looking at everything as happening now as we, imperfect humans, being afraid actually helps me. I've noticed admitting fear is not an easy thing for most of us. Its usually one of of those moments wher if you say hey I think we're all afraid; the response is usually followed by "Not me" and words explaining why their reactions are right.... We don't have to live our lives in fear. We don't have to live in a world consumed by distrust, We don't have to be angry because others see the world differently than we do---I mean, of course they do, none of us have lived the exact same life, We don't have to judge each other---in fact we are warned of the pitfalls of doing so all over religious texts. We can relax and treat others with respect and dignity because they are human beings, We can be kind, We can see more in others than they are showing us, We can look for the Light of Divine in all, We can ask questions rather than judge---it takes a long time to build the kind of fear we are seeing, WE CAN BE LOVE What should Love do NOW? Let's each map out what we want our future to look like and then start living as though it looks that way. Maybe, just maybe, LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL. But even if not, we can relax in the tranquility of knowing the being over whom we have control, ourself, is doing his/her part to live in peace and in so doing is working to build a world of peace. It takes strength to be peace, to be love, to be kind---together we can do it. Namaste Mara
