While the majority continue to pretend that all is back to the old normal, ignoring the essential work of sorting the meaningless from the invaluable, the fake from the real to the detriment of the future of human life, you remain living in the trenches being aware of so much, experiencing so much. You may not have a carefree life but your existence has meaning and purpose.
Many world issues need immediate attention and course correction but energy is diluted into the frivolous or the profit-bearing. You are disappointed that so many choose denial rather than the truth of the present reality. You are cognizant that your choices - your action or inaction - often has unforeseen consequences and outcomes, partly because society’s game is rigged for the few but also because much about life is unknowable and uncontrollable. But you at least try your best for the highest good and when you are not at your best, you do what you can with what you have. Being alive really means being immersed in death. As soon as you are born, you begin your walk toward your own death. Along the way, you experience often too brief respites of laughter and pure bliss, while having to learn to accept loss and endings - even while in the deepest depths of grief, learning to see the beginning in each ending. As humanity runs towards its extinction, there is still hope but delaying acceptance of what is only compounds misery and the amount of effort necessary to build a framework in which all sentient beings may thrive rather than struggle in their short existence. You have value even when your interactions with others do not reflect that, even if the reward for your diligent efforts is often insufficient. Continue to hold your vision for what this world could be, what life for you could be. Make choices that get you closer to the realization of that vision even if your choices are less than optimum. Demonstrate your love for yourself and others by continuing to accept what is over denial and illusion even if it is unpleasant and uncomfortable for that opens the path forward. Your experiences thus far have well-prepared you for what is ahead. Trust that the future can be better than the past and so it will be. (c)GingerMysteries www.gingermysteries.com You are welcome to share this article but please include the above credit.
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