Follow your heart
I’m trying now to use the Force to navigate me through these troubled yet awesome times. Has BP created the end of the world as we know it? Hard to say but don’t give into what is going on right at the moment as this too shall pass is something that I’ve learned after 51 revolutions around the sun. Short-term thinking has never served anyone. I keep looking out at the Pacific Ocean here in Palos Verdes and it looks so healthy – kelp populating the near shoreline, schools of dolphins that darkened a long stretch a little further out, pelicans flying in V formation, and a general appearance of freshness right before my eyes. Meanwhile, images from back home are oil slicks, brown coated pelicans, sticky fish and lots of despair populating the home blogs and news feeds.
I have to believe it is not the end of the world.
My head tells me this catastrophe will change us but change is not to be feared, but rather embraced because a phoenix rises through the ashes and is beautiful in its new form. Is this the worst tragedy in the world – I wonder – as lately I have been thinking about my friend who lost her daughter almost two years ago – that I feel might be worse.
I’ve noticed lately that my mind was ebbing with toxins about the current state of affairs – last night when someone said Obama would never get re-elected I just had to recoil – why not? He is being judged for the moment, and sorry but there is not enough information to shine the light on a moment in time to make any judgment.
I put my reggae list on the iPod this morning as I got dressed to go see clients – One Love played a dream beat. I checked in on my friend’s blog in Florida (she’s not seeing brown slicks yet, just a lot of trash washing ashore).
I’m keeping an open mind that the answers aren’t all in front of us right now but the truth will be revealed in its own time. In the meantime, my heart aches and soars simultaneously as I take a snapshot of my life right in this moment, and now No Woman No Cry is playing and I am keeping my eyes, heart, and mind wide open.