Live Life CouRageously With Love! By Catherine Palmer Paton (aka Livfully.org Blogger)
To the Editor (of The Lakeville Journal of Ct and Wider World)
The world is beckoning one and all to make a choices about life and death, from the earliest stages of each and on scales from the personal to the political and 'pandemic' level.
What's a person to do who has little say in the matters to do? Seemingly 'nothing' but giving people a sense of hope and belonging can help move the bar toward planning to 'stick together no matter what' with respect and collaboration.
"Not so fast" many may say, we're losing our rights to gather, to voice opinions, to fight takeovers of one's body, right to buy a home or have a family (or not become a biological mother) and much more.
Plus there are Climate Change Challenges that can't seem to understand we haven't figured out Other Important Matters so really should not act out of turn.
Could it please wait a few hundred years so we could sort out what we want to do with our abilities to 'program' computers and robots to do more than The Jetsons ever imagined we'd figure out in 2021?
Many "New Age" and traditional faith tenets hold that 'we are made of an intelligent capable energy' which can thrive on love but also is ' a work in progress' linked to survival instincts and affects from thousands of years of evolution.
So that can help shed light on 'what the heck is going on with humanity'. We are a mixed bag of energies and manifestations.
We need to think of the big picture but each live in one body to 'call our own'. What that entails is under the microscope too however and should help us break through limitations of 'caring about one another.'
Having empathy and 'walking a mile or a decade in each other's shoes' can help us choose to rise above initial reactions and allow ourselves to journal and think through respectful responses and work in groups online and in person courageously and steadfastly.
Valuing and including everyone as though a caring family and circle of friends who change over time due to life experiences, biological and other shifts can soften the need for 'things to stay the same no matter what.' Families, Friends, Faith and Other Groups, Toastmasters, Rotary, Libraries, Schools and Community Networks online and off can be key to showing the way toward mutual respect and understanding.
Yet we are key to driving the bus we're all on as we cross the Big Bridge from Life to Death. As we proceed we all will have loss but the gift of love is ours to give in how we die and how we live.
What's a person to do who has little say in the matters to do? Seemingly 'nothing' but giving people a sense of hope and belonging can help move the bar toward planning to 'stick together no matter what' with respect and collaboration.
"Not so fast" many may say, we're losing our rights to gather, to voice opinions, to fight takeovers of one's body, right to buy a home or have a family (or not become a biological mother) and much more.
Plus there are Climate Change Challenges that can't seem to understand we haven't figured out Other Important Matters so really should not act out of turn.
Could it please wait a few hundred years so we could sort out what we want to do with our abilities to 'program' computers and robots to do more than The Jetsons ever imagined we'd figure out in 2021?
Many "New Age" and traditional faith tenets hold that 'we are made of an intelligent capable energy' which can thrive on love but also is ' a work in progress' linked to survival instincts and affects from thousands of years of evolution.
So that can help shed light on 'what the heck is going on with humanity'. We are a mixed bag of energies and manifestations.
We need to think of the big picture but each live in one body to 'call our own'. What that entails is under the microscope too however and should help us break through limitations of 'caring about one another.'
Having empathy and 'walking a mile or a decade in each other's shoes' can help us choose to rise above initial reactions and allow ourselves to journal and think through respectful responses and work in groups online and in person courageously and steadfastly.
Valuing and including everyone as though a caring family and circle of friends who change over time due to life experiences, biological and other shifts can soften the need for 'things to stay the same no matter what.' Families, Friends, Faith and Other Groups, Toastmasters, Rotary, Libraries, Schools and Community Networks online and off can be key to showing the way toward mutual respect and understanding.
Yet we are key to driving the bus we're all on as we cross the Big Bridge from Life to Death. As we proceed we all will have loss but the gift of love is ours to give in how we die and how we live.
--Catherine Palmer Paton
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