December 8, 2024

Presidential Presence – Keeping our wits about us.

From Volume 17, Issue 11: The recent U.S. national election, like any significant political event, has clearly stirred strong emotions and prompted big questions about the future. These reactions are natural, but they don’t have to dictate my mental and emotional state. By choosing to stay present, I can navigate this period with greater calm and purpose.

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The significance of insignificance

From Volume 16, Issue 1: “We are completely insignificant in the universe—except to each other, now.” (Borrowed from a movie and revised slightly by me.)

We may look at the smallest creatures—insects, perhaps—as insignificant. I can either assertively or accidentally step on one, thus disrupting a genetic chain. He or she will have no prodigy, and I did that!

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Permission

From Volume 16, Issue 3: It’s virtually impossible for me to learn something (add or change a belief, initiate or learn a skill, etc.) when I believe I know the subject matter. Almost inevitably I will take the information that someone is trying to teach me and compare it against what I already know. And then, with no motivation to do otherwise, I’ll discount it, or even argue with it either covertly or overtly.

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