May you be at peace. May your heart remain open. — from the Tibetan Buddhist Prayer
Last Thursday, when I wrote the column, I used the word "bittersweet".
Like most of us, I could never have imagined what was going to happen next. So many bittersweet days have passed. Sometimes I think that the darkness in the world is getting quite desperate and trying to hold on against the light. Trying to keeping us angry, frustrated and unhappy. My angels tell me that there is so much more light in the world, that people are realising that being kind to each other, forgiving each other and being loving is helping each of us to light up the world. The darkness is less and the light is more. As Martin Luther King, Jr once said, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Last week I said, "How we deal with what happens is what makes us stronger," and each day I see this strength around me. In the leadership of our country, in the people that serve to protect us, the caring hands of those who heal us, and the media who inform us. I see it in most communities around the country as they stand in solidarity against this darkness. There is an encircling energy of good surrounding us and I believe the earth feels it too.
Whatever we believe, each of us can honour our creator, not by waiting for grace to come down on us from on high, but by doing what we can to make grace happen. Each one of us can do this right now, right where we are. I believe that our beliefs don't make us better people, our actions do.
To finish, I cannot think of better words than those I started this column with, from the Tibetan Buddhist Prayer — May you be at peace. May your heart remain open.
May you awaken to the light of your own nature. May you be healed.
May you be a source of healing for all beings.Mae hubly (With love).
Arohanui.
Shirley-Joy
