We are all in this together
Right now there is a collective thinking that we are in the middle of a pot of crap stew that we will never, ever get out of. If we chose instead to look at these losses as our opportunities for change, we then would also be able to deal with the idea that this time, we are the ones who have to fix this, and we have to do it NOW.
Things will not change unless we exact that change
We have all heard that in order to see change in the world, we must be the change we wish to see. I would like to add to that by saying that not only must we change the way that we do things in order to get to the changes we want to see, we have to believe in the changes that we make. We can talk all we want about change, but unless we do what we suggest others to do, everything else that is not part of our personal world will not change. We have to want the changes to happen, enough so that we would be willing to be uncomfortable being placed, by our own hand, even, in a situation that is confusing and precarious, but is none the less very needed. Change is painful, because change means that we need to change our thinking and change our ways of being and most of all, we have to work at the changes that we want to see in the world.
When it comes to the things in life that we want, we are willing to go to the very end of the universe, so to speak, in order to have it. Yet, when it comes to seeing to it that our thoughts contribute to the betterment of the entire world as it is, we become lazy. We want someone else to get the ball rolling, that way we don't have to claim responsibility to it all when the first hitch in the plan happens. Change hurts, because it calls into action that part of our selves that make us want to change, and that part, the soul, overrides the ego's need to constantly steal from us our will to be who we really each are. If we could all just manage, for perhaps an hour a day, to think lovely thoughts of things that we want - I mean really want - and we all did this every single day, we would see the changes that we want. There are no two ways about it - we get what we think about and focus on the most.
Yes, if you think constantly about the turd soup that you are being fed daily, you will experience turd soup kind of days.
I can't stand a person who will see only the high clouds hanging onto nothing in the wide blue sky. A pessimist is a person whose life depends on making sure that they do not slip up and they do this by being very (ahem) "cautious"...about every thing...to the point where it is maddening and eventually begins to wear away at the very foundation, not only of their own soul, but that of those who are nearest to them. These are people who talk about and wait for a 'rainy day' to happen, because this makes them right, perceivably, that is. These are people who like the phrase "I don't want to rain on your parade, but..." and "Good job, but..." and for them there is no 'but' big enough that they will have nothing to say about. These are people who seem to feed, not only on their own egotistical right-ness, but also on the idea that they know that there will be many people affected by their lack of a positive outlook.
Being negative about everything is way easier than trying to find the light in the darkness, but the light is there - it is always there, and the light can never be drowned by the darkness- it just won't happen. The light will always be light, no matter who says or assumes what they will. There are no two negatives that can or ever will make a positive, because life is not algebra- and that is a good thing because there are a lot of us who cannot 'do' algebra.
We will all continue to have days that will challenge our patience, will test our integrity and will make us question our character and if whether or not our character is worth holding up as much as we should (It is, I promise you). Yet, there is a certain feeling, a feeling that, just like we all are collectively feeling like we are sitting in the same pot of shit soup and wading around in it like dirty little pigs, so, too, is the feeling that we are at the climactic part of the story, the part where the plot is not so thick that it makes us question if whether or not who we are versus who we think we are is somehow a contest which neither of the two of our selves will win. There are two sides to everything - light and dark. The dark wants to keep things dark, but the light won't have it that way - it CAN'T have it that way.
Let's think about this in terms of darkness versus light
Say, for a moment, that you are standing in a pitch dark room. Inside your pocket you have one match and one candle, and a flashlight with batteries that have a questionable amount of life left in them. Regardless of how dark it is in that room, and no matter if the light from the flashlight is dim it is still light, and even dim light will permeate a hole in the thick black darkness. Once the batteries have been exhausted, you get your one match and your one candle and you light the wick and unlike the flashlight, this light is brighter, and even as the source of the light is primal, is dangerous, it still changes the dark into something a little more tolerable.
The darkness of the soul can be permeated, all it takes is the tiniest amount of light to make this true. We all have had our share of days that suck ass royally, and it has come time that we all started realizing that since it is that we collectively brought ourselves to this point in time, collectively, too, it will be up to us all to bring us all back to a place where we are all happy and living in the light of the Spirit.
We chose this, and it doesn't matter who disagrees, because there is a majority out there reading this who know that this is a correct statement. It is far more than an economic problem, way more than housing and the stock market and the price of a barrel of oil. It is way more than the idea that illegal immigration brought us to where we are, and it is downright foolish to think that the same things that got us into this mess are the same actions that we have to take in order to get us out of it. We can never fix anything by making the same mistakes over and over again, ever. This time around it would be nice to challenge us all to give our souls the chance to stretch a little more, to reach a little farther and to seek that which it so desires, even if it means that we have to learn a little bit more.
We cannot continue like this forever
We cannot bear to keep this madness up. The very idea that somehow suffering is better is preposterous and really smacks of religious rules that make no sense in this day and age. Yes, it is wonderful to be of good moral character, and of course, it is great to have a strong sense of integrity. However, there comes a time when the idea of doing things for others begins to rob ourselves of the essence that we are. It is one thing to be of service to the rest of the world, where your talents and gifts from God are utilized to make life nicer for everyone as a whole. It is quite another thing when service becomes servitude.
I had to learn a hard lesson about the teachings brought to me throughout my life about other peoples' ideals about religious belief and even Christ Himself, about the place a woman holds in the life of the man she has married, about the idea that what other people demand is not the same thing that each person is going to agree to doing. I had to learn to be strong so that I can deal well with what has become of my life (widowhood will be another lesson that I have to learn from) and what will become of my life. I learned what has been given to me as my life at this point in time is a gift and not an impediment.
We cannot live this way forever. God will not allow it. What God will allow, though, is just enough rope for us to hang ourselves with.
Coincidentally, the rope we are given to hang ourselves with is usually and also the rope that we are given to climb out of the pit we have found ourselves in.
I LOVE YOU ALL !!
...Roxanne...
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