Treading Lightly Through Heavy Times: The Challenge of Holding the Peace

     Welcome to the middle of 2020, the year where all that you thought could only happen in a sci-fi / horror novel is happening before our very eyes, being watched on the news, social media, and of course many being affected directly in different ways.  It's also the year where being a peacekeeper takes more courage than to just pick a side and it's more daring to tread lightly than to join the bandwagon of fear, anger, hatred and finger pointing going on right now. 

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    Many might already say that people like me are part of the problem because I'm not choosing a side or "taking a stand".   Well, too bad they can't see that I actually am taking a stand.  And that is in the middle ground, the only place where peace can exist, trying to see eye to eye from both sides.  Many who are on the polarized point of view will see this and quite possibly go as far as unfriend me but that's okay.  I can't change anyone's mind, I'm just simply being here weathering the storm, in the process of weighing out what's really important.   Not being one to want to make waves and just get along with everyone, I am stepping out of my comfort zone and not just agreeing with everything someone says just to keep them in my life.  When someone says something I'm not totally on board with,  I just keep quiet and don't say anything.  Is that the right way to go about things?   Surely, many will say it's not, but it's better than just nodding yes to stuff I don't 100% agree with.  So to put it plainly, I feel that taking a stand for peace is more important than pleasing others just so they won't get mad at me or "unfriend" me.  But come to think of it, is it really such a bad thing when I feel like I have to be untrue to myself just to keep people around?

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    This year is surely bringing out some uncomfortable truths, leaving nothing under the carpet so naturally, people are gonna go crazy and I can accept that.  We are being forced to take a good hard look at ourselves and understandably, many aren't dealing with it very well.  But sooner or later, even in these times the dust will eventually settle.  So all I can really say is, just hang in there, pay close attention to your heart, and try to be patient with one-another.  That's all.  If we don't take a good hard look at ourselves now, the universe will find a way to force us to and I'm pretty sure it'll be way less comfortable than it already is.  Just sayin'.  So let me go out on a limb, here by signing off with "Peace and Namaste". 

    

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