I’ve been struggling.
Sure, I see all the good around us, people stepping up in big ways to help others, even at their own peril. But I’ve also struggled with deep resentment of those who are not with the isolation program, who deny that Covid is a problem. I must admit to anger with those whose socio-political views are simply inexplicable and even inhumane. All that rage that has no place to go.
“When someone shows them who they are, believe them the first time,” Maya Angelou famously said. We’ve had years of being shown and some people still deny. I alternate between fury and heartbreak.
But today, I asked for guidance. For help in dealing with all that rage. Seconds later I “happened” to open an old email in my subscription account and there was my answer. It was in a message from Sanaya, Suzanne Giesemann’s guides, and this was it:
“If you insist on pointing out the bad and the good, of immersing yourself in the duality instead of transcending it, then at the very least you might take an observer’s neutral viewpoint long enough to notice the so-called good that comes from the so-called bad.
“Everything happens for a reason,” you say. Could that reason simply be that evolution is ongoing? Let life play out as it does with its ups and downs. Evolution happens when you see all of it for what it is: an opportunity to rise above the duality and answer with unchanging love … “
The key messages for me were “let life play out” and ” rise above. ” Take the observer’s neutral standpoint. Ain’t gonna say it’ll be easy. But it’s the only way to get through it, I think.
So, I’m going to try it. To hit the reset button and rise above. You know it won’t be easy for me.
Wish me luck.
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Oh yes, I believe that good will come out of this bad situation eventually… when, I do not know … but I am learning to have patience & that is a good thing! I am trying not to worry about what I can’t control and concentrating on what I am able to do to help. Ever optimistic I am …
It’s a good place to be. I’m just now starting to feel the isolation and concern in a bigger way. Just now. More on that another day.
Carol, thank you for reminding me, that even though I am frustrated and angry, I have to hold on to what is good in my life right now. Focus on that. Rise above can also mean stating facts to people who are blind. I don’t take on my neighbors. But I want to. When confronted with a Republican who said she liked what Gavin Newsom was doing for LA, she had to immediately say, she basically doesn’t like him. Really? You don’t know the man, but yes, he’s a Democrat. There is just blindness everywhere.
Way too much of it, Beth.
I’m so happy everyone in my town is adhering to the stay at home orders.
I’ve been in my house except for 2 rides to nowhere and walks in my yard since March 10.
I always look for the good in people, always. You just never know what someone is going through or been through. We have no idea why people beliefs are what they are. Everyone has a story.
Wishing you Peace & Light.
It’s true. Everyone has a story. And if the over-riding motivation isn’t love and kindness, if it is born of ignorance. I have a really hard time with them.
Love that way of looking at it because I’ve been battling the duality of it all. Thanks for the inspiration.
So many of us feel the same way….
I needed this. I find myself “hating” those who refuse to stay indoors. I hope we can all get on the same page, so we can look forward to enjoying summer outdoors.
For sure. I feel the same.
‘Rise above’ sounds so . . . light.
And I definitely could use some ‘light’ right now!
Thank you for this, Carol!
You are a light filled warrior, my friend.