Earth Day Triplets!
As I was typing the ecological depression post, I thought also that there might be some inner voice at play. I’ve since uncovered it: He is screaming at me “You’re not doing enough! You’re such a hypocrite!” Ah, yes. I don’t have to believe everything I think.
As Donald Rothberg teaches, though, there is some discernment in this judgment and that might be where I am getting stuck: I want to do more, reduce my footprint further, contribute to averting (or at least lessening) the crises I see ourselves in. And I don’t know what. That is where Cvetkovich’s idea that there are solutions can come in: If I move beyond the voice’s demand that I come up with The Solution, I can act on what I have been trying to do for years now. Even little things matter because if all of us would make those little changes, big things can happen. Time to dance!
(This is a post in three parts. The other two are here and here.)
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when i look a bit more closely at the ‘enemy camp’-(politicians, business and bank moguls and wannabees)- i sense their unrelenting insistence on their way, and the power of their win-at-all-costs approach……i sense how brutal the fight is getting to block and stop them.
that makes me realize how hard and long the struggle is, and that i’m not built for that kind of action, at least, at this point, maybe never……it then becomes clearer to me that the action toward saving humanity that i can do reasonably well is in much less dramatic and more low-keyed arenas.
i somehow like focusing on small, close-knit groups, or one-on-one connections for healing….and only there do i feel i can make a difference, though not guaranteed…..that’s also not a stable arena, yet i gravitate to that modality and begin to trust it’s there i can do my best (giving and getting personal support and honest companionship).
when those connections stumble i suffer and despair, but then i return naturally and instinctively to this ‘chosen’ arena…..and i know it’s the best possible way now…..