Like many of you, I have been processing the last few days with the election conflicts and the fearsome escalation of the Pandemic across the globe and acutely in America. Co-mingled in the news is the promise of a new vaccine, although it is still months away and far from an immediate "fix" for the vast global population. All our wherewithal in health practice remains essential. Still this is good news; a concrete reminder that times do change. A friend of mine recently wrote to me about feeling unsettled with the sense of a brewing storm in the air. After months of uncertainty and the overall sense of a country (and world) that has been traumatized by disruption of normal socializing, economic instability, political conflict throughout a deadly Pandemic, we of course naturally feel on guard, waiting for disaster. But that anticipation and dread of the future is not helpful in building the stability that we can stand on as we move forward. This is a time to collect our emotions and our thoughts and infuse them with our spiritual ground. Peace, assurance--even gratitude for the positives aspects of life right now in front of us that lift us and sustain us--all are contagious attitudes, just as fear and anxiety are contagious. With that in mind, today I offer a blessing in times of inner chaos by contemporary spiritual writer and artist, Jan Richardson. It's a calming meditation. (Susan Nettleton)
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