Perhaps we’re all at a crossroads now. We are choosing between two mindsets; the first is hopelessness and fear—of Mother Nature’s wrath, governments, religious extremism, failing economies, drug cartels. The list goes on and on. The second mindset (or heart-set is more accurate) is that a Loving Force is in control of the universe and all that happens within it, including on Earth and in our lives—if we will let it be so.
These times we’re living in remind me of my near heart-stopping fear after each of my children was born. How can we possibly care for him/her? I thought. The world is a crazy place and he/she won’t always be with us! What if they get horribly sick or have a terrible accident? What if they need me and I’m not there? I was so worried, I would suddenly wake up in the middle of the night and run into their rooms before they started crying. After each birth, I had an all night, bone-chilling, struggle with fear and, at last, I placed them into God’s hands.
So much ‘undoing’ is happening now that it’s frightening to be alive--if we don’t face our fears. My therapist called me hyper-vigilant and taught me this way of handling my racing heart:
Stop.
Breathe slowly and deeply.
Carefully observe my surroundings.
Ask, “Am I okay right now?” (Do I have a job or a source of income? A roof over my head? Food? Transportation? Medical Care?)
I had to consciously tackle my fears one-by-one to see that I was okay right now, that we were okay right now. It became clear to me that I could live with trust, with faith in a Loving, Higher Force, or choose to live my own life, filled with fear--not faith. It’s like a train rolling along on a track that suddenly splits, one direction leading into a sun-filled, peaceful, fertile valley; the other leading through a hard, craggy mountain into a land of dark skies.
We are given the freedom and the power to choose love over fear, mental stability over confusion, peaceful knowing over uncertainty. No matter who we are, no matter how we’ve lived, the Lord of Light wants us to ‘come home’ in our hearts, to find the Love within and ‘hook-up’ with all of life.
Seems like a no-brainer, doesn’t it? I’m going now--to read those instructions again. What were they? Oh, that’s right. Stop. Breath deeply. Observe my surroundings. Ask, “Am I okay right now?” I am? That’s awesome! How about you?
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