Spiritual Bypass... so interesting to consider it that way. Thanks for the day's pondering. Your writing catches my attention, amidst all the noise out there.
Right to the heart you go. Turning that which rings hollow, inside out to find what's vital inside. 'These times are making us.' Thank you for finding this. So efficiently. No book needed!
May we lean in knowing we are participating in being made by these times-for these times-by these times-for these times, now and now and now. Night mare that it is.
May all our multisensory faculties of full grieving and juggling seemingly impossible challenges continue to flourish with expedited patience.... Pre-2020 I used to optimistically think that the world was going through a beautiful birthing process with all its contractions and pains in their right places.. I actually still do believe this, I just now see that both mother and child can both very easily die during that process...
False Hope or Fatalistic Doubt?... Naw, I'll take a double dose of Constructive Doubt, community, and creativity thank you very much..
Somehow your comment slipped right past me Ryan...and I'm so glad to see it now though months later. Yes! Grieving and juggling. It's this AND this! How will we do it?! And yet, somehow the realizations come, that yes what is happening seems a necessary and even logical response to the situation, though that doesn't stop it from being horrific, deadly, unfathomable. Yes to a double dose of constructive doubt, community and creativity. So glad to be sharing community with you in the ways we do.
In my heart, I believe that you and Clarissa are saying the same thing, just with different words.
My parents had to deal with the Depression and WWII. My father was overseas for 4 years in that war. Hard times then. Hard times now.
We see the current horrific wars in several countries. We have, indeed, wars on many levels in our own countries: environmental and climate, financial, business, medical and political. Divisiveness everywhere for many reasons. It seems some people just love to swim in the pool of hate. Is it what they were taught?
When I feel beyond discouraged, I do go to Clarissa's piece because she reminds me that I cannot change the global wars of all kinds, but I can made a difference within my community. I take my blind neighbour for a walk on Saturday mornings. I helped her to purchase her wedding dress last week. I visit my 103-year-old friend on Thursdays and Fridays. I call my friends. I organize gatherings.
I read Clarissa's piece once again, "We Were Made for These Times". It reminds me of the power that I have to make a difference. To counteract the evil. To support. To educate. To make people feel loved.
"Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good.
What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take everyone on Earth to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale."
Thank you Pat...for bringing in even more of Clarissa's words and wisdom here. There is no doubt she has inspired and comforted so many with her life of true service. We are in (I think literally) unfathomable times, but that can't stop us from staying awake and participatory in the unique ways we each are inspired and inclined. As always it's so lovely to hear from you.
Spiritual Bypass... so interesting to consider it that way. Thanks for the day's pondering. Your writing catches my attention, amidst all the noise out there.
Yes, and thank you for your wording of it, deep gratitude for your being here.
This is beautiful. This is a book. Please write it.
Right to the heart you go. Turning that which rings hollow, inside out to find what's vital inside. 'These times are making us.' Thank you for finding this. So efficiently. No book needed!
May we lean in knowing we are participating in being made by these times-for these times-by these times-for these times, now and now and now. Night mare that it is.
Still cried on the second read, wow!
May all our multisensory faculties of full grieving and juggling seemingly impossible challenges continue to flourish with expedited patience.... Pre-2020 I used to optimistically think that the world was going through a beautiful birthing process with all its contractions and pains in their right places.. I actually still do believe this, I just now see that both mother and child can both very easily die during that process...
False Hope or Fatalistic Doubt?... Naw, I'll take a double dose of Constructive Doubt, community, and creativity thank you very much..
Sending big appreciation Christiane!
Somehow your comment slipped right past me Ryan...and I'm so glad to see it now though months later. Yes! Grieving and juggling. It's this AND this! How will we do it?! And yet, somehow the realizations come, that yes what is happening seems a necessary and even logical response to the situation, though that doesn't stop it from being horrific, deadly, unfathomable. Yes to a double dose of constructive doubt, community and creativity. So glad to be sharing community with you in the ways we do.
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In my heart, I believe that you and Clarissa are saying the same thing, just with different words.
My parents had to deal with the Depression and WWII. My father was overseas for 4 years in that war. Hard times then. Hard times now.
We see the current horrific wars in several countries. We have, indeed, wars on many levels in our own countries: environmental and climate, financial, business, medical and political. Divisiveness everywhere for many reasons. It seems some people just love to swim in the pool of hate. Is it what they were taught?
When I feel beyond discouraged, I do go to Clarissa's piece because she reminds me that I cannot change the global wars of all kinds, but I can made a difference within my community. I take my blind neighbour for a walk on Saturday mornings. I helped her to purchase her wedding dress last week. I visit my 103-year-old friend on Thursdays and Fridays. I call my friends. I organize gatherings.
I read Clarissa's piece once again, "We Were Made for These Times". It reminds me of the power that I have to make a difference. To counteract the evil. To support. To educate. To make people feel loved.
"Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good.
What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take everyone on Earth to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale."
Thank you Pat...for bringing in even more of Clarissa's words and wisdom here. There is no doubt she has inspired and comforted so many with her life of true service. We are in (I think literally) unfathomable times, but that can't stop us from staying awake and participatory in the unique ways we each are inspired and inclined. As always it's so lovely to hear from you.
Absolutely incredible
Thank you Christiane.