**Making changes to save my life** So much of what I see on FB and the Internet, on television news and entertainment, and in newspapers and magazines is about drama, conflict, polarization, outrage, self-righteousness, competition, accusation, attack, comparison, shaming, consumerism, and people seeming to spend much of their time looking for whats wrong and ugly in the world. And every single contact I have with these energies feels like a body blow, damaging me physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Well, guess what. If you look for ugliness I guarantee youll find it. Fortunately, the opposite is also true; if you look for beauty and goodness youll find that too. Not only that, but the more you look for the good things in life the more goodness will be communicated through you. Youll smile more. Youll stand up straighter. You may discover that you have more patience and express more kindness, and receive kindness in return. I dont care how irresponsible some people may think the following makes me. I dont care if some think Im being naive and stupid and hiding my head in the sand. I quit. Im done. No more news. No more politics. No more activism, outrage, and us vs. them. Go be angry and critical and complaining somewhere else. Im done. Im tired of feeling like a heavy bag in a dark and ugly gym being beaten daily by all the negativity. I have to make some changes to save my life. Keep your politics to yourself. Keep your anger and indignation to yourself. Keep your petitions and causes to yourself. I can no longer tolerate the energy of them on my newsfeed or in my life. I know there are challenges in the world, but stop focusing exclusively on those. Stop being outraged. Stop focusing on how differences divide us and learn to celebrate diversity. Stop arguing about black-or-white and learn to see and appreciate all the shades of grey in between. Stop feeding the fear. To quote Thumper: If you cant say anything nice, dont say nothin at all. Instead, talk to me of your joys! Share with me of the beauties in your life! Tell me about your successes, no matter how small. Tell me what you see and appreciate when you look at the world through someone elses perspective. Speak quietly and with kindness, to yourself and others, about lifes challenges and disappointments and be open to support and solution. Actively choose to focus on kindness, love, beauty, sharing, support, and happiness. These things exist in abundance in this world they are just waiting for us to see them and invite them in. One.Moment.At.A.Time. Peace, Sarah Lesley Stoune
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 03:03:16 +0000