I'm wondering when we will be hit - or who will be next- not in a doomsday way but because it seems the earth is doing some major adjustments and we are unfortunately caught up in it.
Although this is devastating for so many - lives lost, homes and living lost - and perhaps Japan's economy crushed - they may only be among the first - at with so many countries still reeling economically - and the media placing more emphasis on !@##$ Charlie Sheen, we may all turn away from the notion that money = happiness and find other pursuits less ephemeral than chasing the dollar.
Sad, with an incredible feeling of impotence, unable to concentrate and a sense of loss that I wouldn't have imagined ever before about a "natural disaster". Perhaps because there is nothing truly "natural" about seeing the words of Lao Tzu coming alive before my very eyes: "Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it."
I hope for peace, for them much more than for myself.
Very sadly for us humans, it does seem like we are lurching from one natural disaster to the next at the moment. It does call for cooperation, though; and perhaps it will help us set aside our differences and selfish economic agendas. The planet has its own destructive impulses; we don't need to add to them!
I am going small. Taking pleasure in folding the laundry, cooking, painting, the smells of things, the feel of things, the sights around me, and focusing on the hearts of those I love, and my own. I am LIVING this moment, this day because it is a gift that I have been given and I refuse to waste it when others have lost their gifts. Off to paint rocks today...A treat ! Big Love to you, Beautiful Meri !
the planet is a living being who moves and stretches and shrugs. life and death are inseparable. i try to focus on peace and harmony and happiness.
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i agree friend - feeling anxious and unsettled - not able to pinpoint it but perhaps this is exactly why - a reaction. i also feel so very humbled, like that teeny grain of sand.
My heart goes out to all the people affected by these disasters. I've stopped complaining about petty things and count my blessings instead. Hug my family.
it's gotten me a bit down, but I've finally gotten word from my Japanese friend that he and his family are safe so I'm feeling a bit better. and I'm sending positive, healing energy, hoping it helps. have a beautiful day.
Sometimes things aren't what they seem. We settle in somewhere, thinking it's going to be safe and hospitable and just what we hoped for, a magical haven that provides us shelter from harm. Then reality sets in and we realize that we were mistaken. That soft place to land turns out to be quite a bit less soft than we'd anticipated. In fact sometimes things get downright hard and cold and unforgiving. Not at all what we expected. Do we stay and make the best of it or fly away to build a new nest somewhere else? Sometimes the most valuable lessons come from learning to see the beauty right in front of your eyes. Sometimes we bloom most gloriously when we learn to thrive just where we are and come to love just what we have. Maybe each of us is exactly where we need to be, learning lessons custom-made for us.
Haiku My Heart i invite you to imagine living in peace one day at a time I have to admit that I'm finding it hard to celebrate the birthday of my country having declared its independence from Mother England, when the country was founded on institutionalized slavery, the idea that white men were created equal but but black men were less than and women weren't even considered. We tend to glorify the "all men are created equal" phrase without looking at the reality. We can do better. We must.
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Although this is devastating for so many - lives lost, homes and living lost - and perhaps Japan's economy crushed - they may only be among the first - at with so many countries still reeling economically - and the media placing more emphasis on !@##$ Charlie Sheen, we may all turn away from the notion that money = happiness and find other pursuits less ephemeral than chasing the dollar.
I hope for peace, for them much more than for myself.
I am LIVING this moment, this day because it is a gift that I have been given and I refuse to waste it when others have lost their gifts.
Off to paint rocks today...A treat ! Big Love to you, Beautiful Meri !