I’ve been neglectful here as my dive into Facebook has absorbed so much time. There is a lure there. Knowing what friends are doing, thinking, promoting, encouraging, banning … so many mini-community cultures uniting into larger intentions of creating a better world. Yes, there are the angry and bitter voices trying to drown out the movements towards healthier and alternative life styles, towards greater understandings, towards loving and compassionate tolerances … but these voices only gain hold if you let them.  It is easy to fall into that darkness, trying to argue.  But arguing only feeds the hate and anger. Better to just send love their way. Many do not want to ‘hear’, and many more not want to change. These people will not take responsibility for their own actions or thoughts. Casting blame and shame. People who fling such poison … how can you not feel compassion for them?  Their inner world must be pure torment.

To believe this … to believe that Love really changes the world .. I do believe it.  My body, however, still reacts and recoils away from conflict. Defenses snap into place, and the flight response is always poised. This is why it is a practice … slowly slowly s l o w l y the responses are softened and become less intense.

Patience. And compassion. And forgiveness to ourselves and others.

… with love and gratitude ^_^