Happy Saturday, dear friends, and a very happy Valentine’s Day! Sending you all the gift of peace in your hearts and peace on earth. I can’t think of a better gift for the entire earth than peace, and so I join Archangel Michael, the Council of Love, the Company of Heaven and all lightworkers in celebrating peace on our blessed Gaia!
Yesterday, I had a ton of things to do. It is the one day of the week where I have meetings outside my space of love. We also have more weather coming in, and so the list of places to go and things to get was extended. I started to feel some stress over my ability to get everything done.
It was then, that I decided to enlist the help of my inner child. I reminded myself that I am capable. My inner child then whispered, let’s get the brain to help! Hmmm…the brain is an amazing super computer. It is a search and difference engine par excellence! When we have faith in the brain’s capacity to sort things out and put them in the best order, it actually gets excited! It has something challenging to do! The brain wants nothing more than to stretch and grow, and the only way to do that is for it to be challenged.
Instead of just sitting around feeling sorry for itself, or creating looping dialogue because it is bored, it becomes fully engaged with the task at hand. It is up to the challenge and it does its absolute best because it feels needed. My brain was thrilled and my inner child reminded me to listen to and trust what my brain had to say. Second guessing only creates that old dialogue loop. So, I agreed with my inner child and simply allowed my brain to create the sleekest and most direct way to accomplish everything I needed to do.
My brain delivered in spades. I finished my errands and my meetings in record time. Details were placed in the best order and I never once had to backtrack in my route. I even enjoyed dancing around the grocery store and singing silly songs with my inner child.
It left me with enough time to support a friend who was going through a tough situation. Without giving my brain free reign to run the “doing” of the day, I would not have had time for this very important moment. I would have been stressed, and not fully present for my friend.
So thanks brain, for being a marvel of bio-technology and skill. Thanks for doing your job, the one you were placed within my body to do. Thanks also to my inner child for suggesting that this was an appropriate moment to give the situation over to the chief technology officer within the body. My heart was then free to be present for its most important role, which is of course, to be loving.
New York Times Media Columnist David Carr collapses in newsroom and dies.
In the matter of two days, in New York City, two giants in the journalism world have left this life. David Carr was 58 years old when he collapsed at the New York Times. He was rushed to the hospital, where his family met him, but he was pronounced dead.
Carr was a stern critic of the media, always pushing for the truth. He was also a staunch supporter of journalism and the US Constitutional right to free speech.
Earlier in the day, he moderated a Times Talk at New York’s New School,which presented discussion by the collaborators on the Academy Award nominated documentary, CitizenFour. This documentary, filmed by Laura Poitras and featuring reporter Glenn Greenwald, reveals the back-story to Edward Snowden’s whistle-blowing related to the US massive covert-surveillance programs.
New York Times Media Columnist, Author David Carr Dead at 58 by M. Alex Johnson for NBC News
Here is the video recording of the Times Talk that David Carr moderated for the New School on the day he died. The discussion is lively and interesting, and ultimately chilling. I hope it inspires many to go see the CitizenFour documentary. It will be aired on the US cable network HBO the day after the Oscars.
A brave young first generation American shares her mother’s struggle as she steps out of a traditional culture.
I have been thinking about the future, related to traditional cultures, and wondering what parts of these age-old traditions will remain, and what will pass into history. I have limited interaction with individuals who live within traditional cultures, but I honor their free will choice to participate in them.
As the energy shifts and many feel the calling of their individual sovereignty, I hope traditional cultures will open to flexibility and allow those who choose to move in different directions to still be supported by the community. The fear of shunning and isolation has been presented as a huge block to making personally fulfilling choices.
This article shares the brave and beautiful words of a young professional woman, who’s mother chose to divorce her husband in the US. The traditional community that she lived within was transplanted from her homeland and had to address the cultures of two worlds.
The traditions of the homeland were paramount, but the high expectations of success within the new land were also applied. Her mother was expected to be a career woman, moving within the modern dynamic of business, and then return home and don the demeanor of a traditional arranged-marriage bride. The dichotomy was tearing her apart.
In a moment, that the daughter portrays as life saving, the mother chose to value herself and leave the situation. What followed was almost devastating to the family, but with time and perseverance they prevailed.
It is a beautiful testament to free spirit, while shining light into areas where gender inequality still silently abides and is accepted without question. As I said in the beginning of this passage, I honor the traditional choices of all, while valuing and upholding the divine free will choice of the individual. May they come to the perfect balance, leading us to a world that works for everyone.
And finally…
Super heroes come in all sizes.
This story comes out of Detroit, MN. An 8-year old boy named Cayden Taipalus was in the lunch line at Challenger Elementary School, when the child in front of him was unable to pay for his hot lunch. The child put his tray down and walked away.
This made Cayden so sad, and he went home to ask his mother what he could do about it. He decided to collect donations and return deposit bottles to raise money to pay off the lunch debts of fellow classmates. His efforts took off, and he was able to provide lunches for over 200 fellow students, all anonymously.
While the school district indicates that they do provide lunch alternatives to children who cannot afford to pay, the Detroit area continues to struggle with finances and providing services for the poor. Cayden was able to provide a cushion for his school so that all lunches were created equal. He also proves, yet again, that size and age have nothing to do with super-hero abilities! Way to go Cayden! You are an inspiration for everyone who wants to help others, and I completely agree with you…small things can add up to big things.
Seven year old boy pays off student lunch debt on YouTube
That’s the news for today. Have a cozy and cuddly day. I hope to see you back here tomorrow for some Feel Good News.
Be Well. Be Joy. Be Love!
Alex