nurturing our little ones… solutions in our beliefs
problem: disconnection from self and other, from true nature and inner knowing.
solution: re-membering true nature and inner knowing, to honor and re-connect with self and other.
when we nurture our own nature we can more readily nurture the nature of the little ones in our care. this is not an easy task but it is essential, vital, necessary, imperative, and is going to happen eventually anyway, willingly or less so. if you are a parent or a teacher or a caregiver of a young person, they will push all of your wounds in order to activate healing.
what is the story you want for them to live in…what belief system? our old and wounded one, or a new enlightened one? it is not easy. it is worth it. thought by thought, choice by choice.
here are some useful beliefs…useful in that they promote liberation and then peace, ease and then joy, love and then safety for authenticity - which is our greatest vibration and hope for children and the world.
useful beliefs…(when we accept something as fact our mind looks for ways to prove it. so if we believe the best, our minds look for ways to make it so):
everything is always working out for me
we are safe in the universe
the universe is friendly
justice reigns
sometimes it takes a while
sometimes we don’t understand why we or others behave as we do
sometimes we get caught in a shame spiral
because we want to make things better and all we can see is the mess
and as we focus on the mess we see more of it and make more of it
as we focus on the problem we get more of the problem
then one day we are too tired to hold tight to the problem
we are done telling old stories
we are ready to acknowledge our influence over our experience of life
we start giving up that old story up
we start sounding like someone who believes in evolution happening now and now and now, and new endless chances now and now and now
and goodness now and now and now
and opportunity now. not lost or past.
alchemy for our highest soul path is possible now and now and now.
the only failure, if there is one, is seeing failure instead of opportunity.
sure, there are a million reasons to despair. endless.
and when we consider the lives of those living in a massacre zone like Gaza, it can feel as if what is the point of anything at all? the levels of pain present in the world can make it seem insurmountable, and it can seem safer to expect the worst so as to not be disappointed or ridiculous. so to not deny reality, we tell the story of our junk again and again. and yet…
there are a million and one reasons to have and act with hope, with a new story.
the point is: it is darkest before the dawn. the point is: we came here for the glory of remembering that we can live in liberation and harmony. we can find a way. we can evolve through it, we can discover the way in every moment, and we can grow when we find disharmony. we can learn to build harmony in self first, and then and then and then.
perhaps our great challenges can be fruitful and evolutionary.
we can build a better world and a better humanity together. step by step and then a giant leap of compassion. starting within. when we nurture ourselves we can nurture the young people around us and create a ripple of care to carry us to a new, brighter future.
happy solstice.
