Earth Day 2020
Every day really is Earth Day, a day to celebrate this planet that we call home. It’s crazy to think how much we take it for granted, this life we have here on Earth. The whole Covid-19 pandemic has really brought it home how much we take a lot of aspects of our lives for granted. Don’t it always seem to go, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone? Yes, indeed. Unfortunately, it appears we have all needed a little reminder to appreciate what we had. Now that it’s gone we get the chance to change our ways as we walk into a new future.
The world has changed in many ways the past few months. I wonder why we all can’t just stay home more often. Less traffic, less pollution, less stress… unless theres no income, but then why do we have to work so hard to make money all the time only to have no time to enjoy life?
The system is broken and we have to fix it somehow so that all people have all their basic needs taken care of first. No more of this paycheck to paycheck living on a thread kind of crap. Barely making ends meet is a terrible way to live. Let us find ways to make homeless, hungry and sickness extinct.
Seriously, it appears that the proverbial shit has actually hit the fan. Everything was affected so fast by the virus that it’s painful to watch. At the same time a big shift is occurring. People everywhere can no longer ignore how intimately connected all life on earth is. That is huge!!!
No matter how much we want to go back to business as usual it’s impossible for most of us to stick our heads back in the sand after seeing how rapidly we can change and adapt when it’s a matter of life or death. Most of us want to live. Most of us have health and happiness as a top priority in life yet fall far short of health and happiness because we run full speed on the hamster wheel with no time to breathe.
Even I have a hard time finding time to meditate. I always feel as if theres something I should be doing to be a productive member of society/my family and everybody always has an expectation for how they would like me to spend my time (and the money I don’t really even have). I’m fortunate to be in a situation where my basic needs are met (and often exceeded with lots of chocolate) but still I find my stress levels going thru the roof far too often. It is crazy that life has come to be this way. Until now there didn’t appear to be a way out.
But the hamster wheel has stopped, abruptly. Now the wheels in our heads and hearts are spinning with questions. Where do we go from here? We need to eat, we need to sleep, we need shelter and we are finding that we also need connection and community. Humans, even the ones who claim to be hermits and introverts when they really look deep into their hearts, realize, that without other humans to share stuff with, life doesn’t make much sense and it’s much more difficult. Difficult in different ways. We need each other and we need the earth and we need all of it to be healthy so we can be happy. Some may say happiness is over-rated but I would strongly disagree.
We are not here to suffer. We are here to expand our capacity for creation, understanding and love. We deserve to feel the full extent of Joy that it means to be alive on this magical planet spinning thru a vast endless universe of space. Life doesn’t have to be so hard, but right now it is. Partially because of a series of choices that were made for us before we knew we had a choice. We may still think it is not an option to choose differently than we did before but at what expense? What’s it all worth in the end? Why do you think you exist at all?
Tell me your creation story in the comments, please.
I want to know what you think that this life is about.
What is the meaning of life?
How did we get here and what is our purpose for being alive?
Where do we go from here?
Thank you.
Pillar Point
Pillar: "a person or thing regarded as reliably providing essential support for something"
Point: "the significant or essential element of what is intended or being discussed"
Today I'm going to make a pillar point and share a picture from Pillar Point County Park.
Love always wins over fear but we have to make that choice. In order to make a choice between love or fear we have to be aware of our internal dialogue. Our inner space where we communicate with ourselves is often full of chaos due to physical things outside ourselves and often outside of our control.
This is where it helps to know ourselves well enough to know what we need to focus on. The things that we want to see manifest in our lives. The things that we do have control over. When we focus on the things we want to happen it helps us feel good inside. When we feel good inside we radiate it outward and it's contagious. Like attracts like.
It takes time to remember to focus on what we want (not what we don't want) and is well worth the effort. In making the intention to choose to make choices based on the emotions of love versus fear I have realized that it takes vigilance and determination to stay on track. Remaining aware enough to realize when I switch to auto-pilot and choosing to go back to manual mode where I am the one who has the power over my feelings.
Consciously choosing to remain aware of what I am thinking in the moments as they happen. It's taking time to learn but it's working. Love is the answer because we can use it to look our fears in the face and keep moving forward.
Love > Fear
Yay! Today, love wins the battle. Yes, fear still reared it's ugly head a few times today for me but I think I may be on to something with this specific way of paying attention. I feel good today in spite of only getting about 5 hours of sleep last night. I had a hard time falling asleep and not only woke up extra early, I got going early. I knew I had important things to do today. Like spending some time playing with my Cousin's twins
It wasn't all play, he had a work meeting to attend and had asked for the help I had volunteered previously. I have still never changed a diaper but I did a couple firsts with those adorable little boys today. Helping to feed them was kinda fun too albeit messy. Taking care of kids has always scared me for all kinds of reasons, those tiny humans are a huge responsibility for one. So I'm not sure what it is about these two specific guys but they stole my heart from the first time I met them. They were born too soon and had so much help coming into this life from so many people right from the start. Watching the journey that my cousin and his wife have been through with them is a clear demonstration of the power of love.
Like I said, I've never spent much time around kids so this whole thing is new to me but I absolutely love them and want to help them however I can. The way their unique personalities shine so brightly already it's going to be really fun to continue to watch them and get to know them as they grow up. I'm glad I'm able to help out too, the logistics of having one kid, let alone two at once is mind-boggling to me and I really don't know how people do it. I suppose once again it just goes to show that Love wins. Love is the most powerful force in the universe. If only we can all allow more love in our lives and choose to make decisions based on the expansiveness that only love can bring us.