A Different Perspective on Current Events

Today I have been thinking. I have been thinking of how much hopelessness, anger, bitterness, outrage, fear, depression, anxiety, and other negative energies are surrounding so many people. I understand of course. Everywhere we look we can find something that pushes those feelings at us. 

I too suffered from a lot of negativity, fear, and doubt about the world and particularly our political climate here in the U.S. with everything that has been going on. But at the start of the new year, I was determined not to let those feelings rule my life in 2021. I would leave it all behind in 2020 no matter what else happened this year or how bleak the picture being painted seemed. After all, so much is an illusion, there are agendas attached to most narratives. We fear things that may never come to pass. We also have no idea what good may come as well.   

I decided to take control of my feelings, my attention, my actions, and how I spend my time. I decided that HOPE is better and I am not looking back.  I have control of my life and how I react - that is all. So it is up to me to make the best of it or the worst of it. Where there is hope, there is a way forward. I can barely explain the difference in how I feel. All I know is that it feels great to be this alive again and that I want to spread hope to as many people as I can. 

I was reminded of The Diary of Anne Frank. I admired her so much when I read about her when I was younger. She wrote her diary while living in hiding during the Holocaust. In spite of the abject terror, it must have been to live in those times, she maintained hope and positivity. In spite of the horrors perpetrated by people she still refused to lose faith in humanity.  

These are a few of her quotes that were so meaningful to me. I wanted to share them with the community as we face uncertain times of our own to shed some light on the darkness you may feel. 

"I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart."

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy."

"People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn’t stop you from having your own opinion."

"Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again."

"The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!"

"As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?"

"Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness."

"In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit."

💖 Wishing you all well. Sending you love, light, and hope my frens. 
Be kind, be fearless, be free.💖 _ Redskywalker1111