On Combatting Despair

We are in the last hours

of the Wood Snake year,

and it shows.

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The cosmic shrugs are getting longer,

harder – birth contractions marking

the quantum field working to rebalance.

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It’s been easy to feel darkness:

rage, hopelessness, the maddening,

snarling wounds of despair.

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All of those feelings are natural,

signs of our shared consciousness.

The Shadow yearns to be recognized.

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So recognize it.

Honor it. Pay attention to it.

Just don’t serve it tea, eh?

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Remember we have within us

the power of the Eternal Present Moment,

the place where Life is lived, really lived.

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And in that Moment,

take care of your side of the street

by expressing your own humanity.

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Remember that you are a miracle,

the product of billions of events

beyond your control,

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putting you in this place,

during this time,

and reading these words.

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Use your precious Moments

to sow small kindnesses

that don’t cost you a thing.

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Smile at a stranger.

Hold the door for an elder.

Let the frazzled driver into your lane.

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Tell your loved ones

what they mean to you,

simply, truly, honestly.

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Be thankful for the miracles of your life,

big and small, for “there is no

order of magnitude for miracles.”

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And at the end of the day,

know you have done your part

to bring Love back into the world,

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and tomorrow,

and the next day, and the next,

do it all again.

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This is how we win back this world,

and how you

bring yourself back into sanity.