It was an exciting time.....

Recently, I came across some old letters I didn’t know I had! They were written to me by hand or using a typewriter since we didn’t have computers back then. There was no email so we had to actually write or type our thoughts on paper, put them in an envelope, and mail them. There’s something so visceral about reading someone’s thoughts in handwriting rather than print.

What struck me about the letters, and is probably the reason I kept them, is the level of excitement people had about the world of the metaphysical. Things like crystals, channeling, and space beings were still able to cause one’s eyes to open a little wider along with one’s mind. Now, it all seems so ordinary and ho-hum. Back then, yoga studios weren’t on every street corner next to a coffee shop and characters in television shows didn’t wear crystals or carry tarot decks around with them.

I wonder what we would have thought of the circumstances we face today. Many of us are so weary. Some people are tempted to give up and feel like the world has gone too far down the road of negativity. Are they right? Are we doomed? I don’t think so and I think those of us who remember the excitement of the 80’s and 90’s owe it to ourselves and others to reach inside and reconnect with that energy. We need to remember the joy of sharing new ideas and practices with our friends. We need to let go of feeling apologetic because we believe in higher principles and in the basic goodness of humanity.

Sure, we’re the older crowd. We’ve been around awhile longer than some of the more vocal people. Maybe that’s why we need to be the ones to speak up a little more, share a little more, and remind people of the higher vision for humanity. As a race, humanity is going through growing pains not unlike adolescents who feel gangly and out of sorts most of the time. It’s a stage humans are going through and maybe it’s up to us to provide some support and encouragement instead of giving in to the temptation to pull back and take a nap until it’s  all over. What do you think?