March 31, 2003
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Opening my heart, and other important things...
First off, Booey wanted me to let you all know I was born on Friday/ not Thursday. I'm Loving and Giving and All That.
OK.
On to what I really wanted to write about.
Booey and I went to see Joules Graves last night... *so* inspiring. She rocked, and then she got us to sing like a gospel choir, and then she made me think.
I started thinking about how angry I've been and how that's driven how I treat my family, my self, my friends. I have to learn to be the change I want to see. It's not that easy.
On that note, my own Mama and many others will be Praying for George Bush tomorrow. I'm working toward getting my heart in the right place to do it.
We shall see.
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L, I have no idea who this person is who wrote this quote, but it was forwarded to me via email.. actually, I just deleted it as "spam," but it sounds like just the sort of thought you need right now!!
"Stop thinking this is all there is...Realize that for every ongoing war and religious outrage and environmental devastation and bogus Iraqi attack
plan, there are a thousand counter-balancing acts of staggering generosity and humanity and art and beauty happening all over the world, right now,
on a breathtaking scale, from flower box to cathedral...Resist the temptation to drown in fatalism, to shake your head and sigh and just throw
in the karmic towel...Realize that this is the perfect moment to change the energy of the world, to step right up and crank your personal volume; right when it all seems dark and bitter and offensive and acrimonious and conflicted and bilious...there's your opening. Remember magic. And, finally, believe you are a part of a groundswell, a resistance, a
seemingly small but actually very, very large impending karmic overhaul, a great shift, the beginning of something important and potent and
unstoppable." -- Mark Morford
of course you are a Friday's Child, anyone could see that!
Even poros get angry and will fight when their babies are under threat. You are a good person, who is trying to make the world a better place while still dealing with the utter hell that is your personal life. I have all faith and confidence that you will be able to balance the parts of your life and come out on top. Just remember to take lots of deep breaths. Walk in the forest and watch how the sun slants down through the trees. Take a fabulous bubble bath in your house all alone and eat ice cream while soaking. Re-read Z. Budapest's "Summoning the Fates." And call me if you just need to rant (even when you are in the tub), coz you know I will listen. Hang in there, Twinny.
p.s. Mark Morford is a columnist for http://www.sfgate.com and writes the thrice-weekly Morning Fix.
Thanks for the i.d. on the author - I wondered where it came from!
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