Reply #75: Yes! "Be the change you wish to see."

[InvisibleTouch]

What you posted is an important message. I've been feeling much the same, in the face of all the negativity that we're drowning in. The daily struggle to survive, and the horror in the Gulf ... and yet, being upset and stressed will *not* make a difference. Sure, some positive changes are made out of anger and outrage - but those same positive changes can be made even more effectively from a place of serenity and clear-headed calm. Therefore it's important for each of us to disconnect from the negativity and actively seek out and acknowledge the good things in our lives, in our world. Not to ignore and deny the tragedies that need to be addressed, but to do so from a totally different mindset. When our own psyches and our own lives are in order, that spreads outward to others. "Be the change you wish to see," and all.

It's a lesson that has taken me decades to learn, and I'm still struggling with it, because my response to injustice and tragedy has always been anger and negative emotion. It's a reflex after all these years. But I'm slowly learning to disconnect from that. After all, it didn't serve me very well. Nothing to lose by trying a new approach.

Thank you for this post.