Watching this whole Kavanaugh mess and the series of sexual abuse allegations that preceded this one, I find myself asking a question. Why aren’t scores of good men standing loud and proud and tall protesting against their brothers? Why is it the women take to the streets and the halls of Congress protesting, being dragged away by police, and punished in the media?
There have to be a lot of good men in the world. There have to be men who have not sexually (or otherwise) abused women? If I were a man right now, I would be incensed at the men who have not only abused women but who now expect to be exonerated and who are being supported by other men to remain silent, deny all blame, and continue their lives as if they have done nothing wrong.
Where are the men’s marches? Why are you not rising up? Why aren’t you loudly showing your sons and daughters the difference between right and wrong by taking public stands about this and ensuring guilty men are appropriately punished?
I want to see Men’s Marches across the country. Will I?
Friday, September 21, 2018
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
How do we stay positive these days?
It’s an understatement to say we live in interesting times, isn’t it? No matter your political bent, I think you’ll agree that the world stage is providing us with an almost constantly changing landscape. It’s difficult to feel grounded or positive when the environment in which we’re living feels so unstable. What to do?
This is a time that calls for us to have our own inner world solidly based on principles and practices we believe in. For me, I know I would feel wildly unmoored if I didn’t have my morning routine of quiet time and meditation. I would feel ungrounded if I didn’t give myself the space to be creative in some way daily - writing, crocheting, baking bread, or even sometimes coloring in a coloring book.
Yes, I follow the news. I just finished reading the book Fear by Bob Woodward and what a terrifying, upsetting, and sad journey that was. I’m glad I took it but I’m also glad it’s over. One of the ways I cope with all of this is reminding myself this is all a grand play and we don’t know the outcome. It might not end the way we think it will.
Like reading a good thriller, though, part of the fascination is not knowing the outcome. I find when I stay somewhat detached from feeling I have to know or control the outcome, it’s easier for me to watch what’s going on without letting these events dominate my thoughts, feeling, or decisions.
Let yourself turn the page every morning. Watch what’s going on with mild amusement. Get involved in whatever way is right for you and don’t let the world dictate how you feel or the decisions you make. None of us are alone in this.Tune in to the highest and best thoughts you can and let the lesser ones wash away and return to the sea from which they came.
This is a time that calls for us to have our own inner world solidly based on principles and practices we believe in. For me, I know I would feel wildly unmoored if I didn’t have my morning routine of quiet time and meditation. I would feel ungrounded if I didn’t give myself the space to be creative in some way daily - writing, crocheting, baking bread, or even sometimes coloring in a coloring book.
Yes, I follow the news. I just finished reading the book Fear by Bob Woodward and what a terrifying, upsetting, and sad journey that was. I’m glad I took it but I’m also glad it’s over. One of the ways I cope with all of this is reminding myself this is all a grand play and we don’t know the outcome. It might not end the way we think it will.
Like reading a good thriller, though, part of the fascination is not knowing the outcome. I find when I stay somewhat detached from feeling I have to know or control the outcome, it’s easier for me to watch what’s going on without letting these events dominate my thoughts, feeling, or decisions.
Let yourself turn the page every morning. Watch what’s going on with mild amusement. Get involved in whatever way is right for you and don’t let the world dictate how you feel or the decisions you make. None of us are alone in this.Tune in to the highest and best thoughts you can and let the lesser ones wash away and return to the sea from which they came.
Sunday, September 16, 2018
What is my life purpose?
Several years ago at one of our Good Company lunches, as woman in her 80’s shared that she was trying to discover her life purpose. At the time I thought to myself, “That’s sad to be in your 80’s and still seeking your life purpose.” Now at almost 71, I find myself in the same situation: what is my life purpose?
Recently, pretty much anything I do doesn’t seem to work. Over the years, I’ve learned to take baby steps in a direction and see what happens. If I seem to get a positive response, I take another step. If I get a negative response, I reassess what I’m doing or the way I’m doing it. What’s especially interesting to me is that I know others who are experiencing the same thing so I don’t think I’m the exception in this experience. It seems that many of us are reassessing ourselves and the work we came here to do.
I remember being asked this question at a seminar I gave in Barcelona, Spain. “How do I know what my life purpose is?” My response was, “Your life purpose is to be you. How you ‘be you’ can change forms many times. But your basic life purpose is to be who you came here to be. Your life purpose has little to do with your profession or career and everything to do with who you are as your core self.”
Great advice! My former astrologer Libby Kresky who is now happily on the other side, at the beginning of every year’s chart update would ask me, “Who are you apart from your work? That’s what you have to find out.” I guess that’s what I’m still doing! Who am I apart from my work?
When I can answer that, I will have discovered my life purpose.
Recently, pretty much anything I do doesn’t seem to work. Over the years, I’ve learned to take baby steps in a direction and see what happens. If I seem to get a positive response, I take another step. If I get a negative response, I reassess what I’m doing or the way I’m doing it. What’s especially interesting to me is that I know others who are experiencing the same thing so I don’t think I’m the exception in this experience. It seems that many of us are reassessing ourselves and the work we came here to do.
I remember being asked this question at a seminar I gave in Barcelona, Spain. “How do I know what my life purpose is?” My response was, “Your life purpose is to be you. How you ‘be you’ can change forms many times. But your basic life purpose is to be who you came here to be. Your life purpose has little to do with your profession or career and everything to do with who you are as your core self.”
Great advice! My former astrologer Libby Kresky who is now happily on the other side, at the beginning of every year’s chart update would ask me, “Who are you apart from your work? That’s what you have to find out.” I guess that’s what I’m still doing! Who am I apart from my work?
When I can answer that, I will have discovered my life purpose.
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