Friday, March 18, 2011

in the grand scheme of things

...we really are so small. i usually am extremely present to this fact but sometimes, even more so. the earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit japan last week really ruffled my feathers. i am a very sensitive person so these kinds of things generally do affect me, and very heavily - but this one really got me. of course, the devastation going on saddens me. it makes me think "what would i do in that situation? are my material possessions really that important? have i told my loved ones that i love them? how can i help?" but even more so, it has made me EXTREMELY present to the fact that really, we are so small in this world. and we have ABSOLUTELY.NO.CONTROL.

on top of that, it makes me very present to the fact that while we have no control, we humans DO play a huge role in all of this. yes, natural disasters are just that: natural. and normal. this earth is so large and we will just never be able to fully grasp it's power or understand everything that it can do. only god knows all of that. but the thing that really gets me is that we are accelerating some of the things that would have naturally occurred at their own time. of course continents are going to shift, ice is going to melt, storms are going to crash...but i fully believe us humans are doing so many things to this earth that it just can't handle it. well, it can, it is just moving faster now to accommodate and make up for all the crap we're doing as well.

i believe this world, our planet, this life is a GIFT. and i believe we were ALL given brains to think. but if there are SO many smart people out there, doing amazing and miraculous things with that gift, then why do we continue to make HORRIBLE decisions? is it money? greed? power? all of the above? when will we, as a WHOLE, realize that we can make changes NOW? that we are ALL part of the problem AND the SOLUTION? that the "ripple affect" is REAL?! that even the smallest thoughts we think, the actions we take, the hate we give out, the LOVE we show really makes a difference?

so today i pray for change. for the change to start here, with me, and ripple outward. to my city, my state, my country, my world. that i will live to see the day where things have not been reversed but maybe just on the way to CHANGING. i fully believe there is a LARGE portion of this world who are on that path, and i DO feel a global shift starting to occur. i think it can happen. people are scared that the world will end on december 12, 2012...well, i think it's going to be just the opposite ~ the beginning of a global transformation. and it all starts right here...

allow me to (re)introduce myself

I started this blog in 2008. That’s 10 years ago. I wrote in it about 25 times, the last in 2011. It’s interesting looking back at the posts...