Summary: This week I recognized I do not have to personally anguish over the distrust, hate and pain I see all over the news. I realized people are consumed with fear based on what they've been taught to fear. Looking at everything as happening because we, imperfect humans, are afraid actually helps me. I've noticed admitting fear is not an easy thing for most of us. Its usually one of of those "I'm not______," moments, if you say hey I think we're all afraid. But 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 we 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 which 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
