When feeling overwhelmed by the state of things, I’ve been trying to look for comfort not with the “old normal” methods, but in positive possibilities for the future–building community and sharing sustainable nourishment.
Mercury is in retrograde again. I harbor some scepticism about its powers, but I did come home to a computer that refused to turn on properly, instead showing me what an information technology friend of mine calls the “blue wall of death.” Being without my own computer gives me a great opportunity to practice not being attached. Experiencing classic symptoms of an astrological phenomenon also gives me a opportunity to contemplate the relationship between myth and superstition and “reality.” The computer crash has also given me an opportunity to contemplate whether to cave in to a yearning for the unnecessary, but no doubt good fun brand new laptop of my dreams (not that I have spent much time dreaming of laptops, but as I am a product of this society, the inevitable thought path following a crashed computer episode includes thinking about whether getting a new computer would be better than fixing the old one).
Gertrude Stein quote on wall at exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery.
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Throughout this election cycle, and now radically and with no room for hiding from myself or reality since the election, have been asking how can I do more, participate with more compassion, generosity, and impact with respect to what is within my control?
This article, the link to which I received from Betsey Downing, adds to the contemplation: On the Making of Trump–The Blind Spot the Created Him.
