The Modern Circle of Life

I now understand the root cause of the brokenness among our communities, families, marriages, friendships, workplaces, churches, schools, children etc.  Rather than approaching each situation and person with an outlook of purpose and opportunity, we prefer to perpetuate the pain, fears, and lack of self love that we have individually experienced. Instead of moving into our futures with zeal and optimism, we choose to go back to the place that we hurt and relive the circumstance by inflicting that pain, prejudice, and hatred upon another. 

Somewhere there is a little boy who was deprived of a childhood, and  is now a man that cannot demonstrate love to his children. Somewhere else there is a little girl who has lacked self esteem and continues to diminish her value as an adult by seeking unhealthy relationships. Somewhere else there is another who has harbored several feelings of not belonging and grows into an adult that is unable to love. There is also an adult who learned that it is okay to be critical, and in turn shows hatred to anything and anyone that is not the norm. As one can see this because a continuous cycle that impacts everyone and ruins our strength as a human race. 

Let us therefore learn to heal ourselves, forgive, and seek inner peace, so that we can self actualize and become our best self, while setting a much needed example for our children and future leaders. 

A prayer for the world

Let the rain come and wash away

the ancient grudges, the bitter hatreds held and nurtured over generations.

Let the rain wash away the memory

of the hurt, the neglect.

Then let the sun come out and

fill the sky with rainbows.

Let the warmth of the sun heal us

wherever we are broken.

Let it burn away the fog so that

we can see each other clearly.

So that we can see beyond labels,

beyond accents, gender or skin color.

Let the warmth and brightness

of the sun melt our selfishness.

So that we can share the joys and

feel the sorrows of our neighbors.

And let the light of the sun

be so strong that we will see all

people as our neighbors.

Let the earth, nourished by rain,

bring forth flowers

to surround us with beauty.

And let the mountains teach our hearts to reach upward to heaven.

Amen.

A prayer for the world - rabbi harold kushner - 2003

 

The art of letting go

Sometimes the Uni-verse will ask you to let go of the things you cherish most, not to punish you, but because there is something even better for you on the horizon. The art of letting go isn't necessarily a negative act. Letting go is essential for creating room to receive the new and greater. If we change our mental framework and meaning of 'letting go', we can then receive meaning of this act as a graceful and positive process. Similar to the adage that you cannot receive with a clinched or closed fist, we must learn to let go. What old thing, person, or idea are you clinging on to? Consider how positively 'letting go', may actually serve as the needed catalyst for receiving what you desire. -Biron