We are currently going through extremely difficult and challenging times!  What matters most is the way we move through every day of this ongoing chaos.  The way we walk through every moment determines our health and well-being.  All this Insanity will not last forever, even though it feels like it might.  So, we need to be as conscious and creative as possible.  We want to be the ones creating a better world.

We all have feelings of frustration, anxiety, possibly depression, or extreme anger.  These feelings are normal given the circumstances.  However, we do not want these emotions to take over our lives.  We want to develop our ability to shift out of our dissonate, negative emotions.  That is easy to say and often very difficult to do.  If we linger in strong emotions, we are actually pushing ourselves toward depression and short-circuiting our immune system.  And, we may not realize what is happening!

Whenever we move from frustration or fear into prolonged anger, our nervous system reads that as “danger” and goes into fight, flight, or freeze.  Because our subconscious does not know the difference between “them or us”, “you or me”,  we are caught in the net of our own negativity!  Then our system flips our survival switch, and off we go on a roller coaster of survival emotions.

We all know people who have strong political affiliations.  Unfortunately, they may actually “love to hate”!  These intensely polarized people may even have “lists of people they hate”!  And, they are often very proud of their lists!  Meanwhile, their prolonged, intense anger is tearing their system apart.  Hatred actually constricts our heart!  People who sustain strong negative emotions for long periods often feel life is pointless, people are terrible, and the world is a total mess.  As they age, they can become bitter or move into deep depression.  No one wants to live like that!

What can we do to take good care of ourselves during these difficult times?  For starters, turn off the computer, the big screen, and your phone.  We know we spend way too much time sitting and staring at screens.  Then, weather permitting, go outside.  Breathe fresh air.  Close your eyes, and listen to the Birds.  Look up at the clouds.  If it’s going to rain, find your umbrella and walk through the park in the rain!  Move your awareness back to Nature.  Remember, Creation is working just fine!

The Sun came up right on time this morning.  The Moon continues to revolve around the Earth.  The Lunar cycles are consistent.  Water is still H2O.  Photosynthesis is working, as always.  Trees are beginning to bud!  Squirrels continue to chase each other up and down Trees.  They are having a great time!  It’s the human population that can’t seem to get along.

So, we need to set an example by being Good Neighbors.  Check in with Friends who live across the country.  Hold the door open for someone at the store.  Send a note to someone who just had surgery.  All these “little” actions add up to Big Blessings.  The more we bless others, the more we are blessed.  As we allow our Hearts to open, we begin to move out of survival and into a much calmer state of Being!  We move from “fight, flight, or freeze” into a much more Coherent state of health.  And, we become more of a Blessing to ourselves and others.  

We will get through this period of insanity.  We have had similar violent and destructive times in our country.  And, we have come out with better ideas and better systems for governing.  The more we work together and stand up for our Neighbors, the sooner we will move through all this upheaval and tragedy.  Remember, we are the ones we have been waiting for … !!!