An Intensely Personal Experience

If you are staying informed about 

  happenings in America these last months,

  and actually, even if you are not,

  you are living through an attempted coup

  by a wanna-be king and his oligarch tribe.

As this reality came into view, I vowed

  to do my part to ensure word got out

  and to stand against the terror.

So, I have been reposting information

  and sharing about the people's resistance.

  And, I sought out community to stand

  against the oppressors and for us.

All of this has jettisoned me on a profound

  personal journey, oscillating between

  questioning, mourning, despair, anger,

  exhaustion, hope, confusion, shock...repeat.

So many revelations...

  Living and loving is resistance!

  Change is constant and chaotic, and

  only by 'going with the flow' will you

  learn and find your way through it to 

  the other side.

And yes, there is so much pain, so much loss.

  You have to stay in the pain to learn

  what it has to teach you and then grow

  into the new space created by the pain.

You allow the crisis to break you down

  or to break you open.

  If you let it break you down,

  you will close, hide, give up, lose hope...

If you allow yourself to be broken open,

  you will be challenged to grow into your self.

  You see more deeply into your self,

  You discover truths that no longer resonate.

  You see patterns that may not be healthy.

And through it all, you make the choices!

The crisis is upon us, all around us.

  It threatens everything and everyone.

  We are called to allow life to break us open

  so that we can grow into our greatest potential.

So, hold on, hold each other, step forward

  and open up to life as it unfolds around us.