“Gratitude creates magnetism and creational openness” – Lee Harris
Yes, these are tumultuous times and that in itself is not fun, but it is essential and unavoidable and healthy for humanity that many of the long-held institutions of society and government take massive hits. We could prioritize our own health mentally, emotionally and physically, which involves choosing joy a great deal of the time, and that combination boosts the collective consciousness. Let’s achieve positive change by way of passion, unity, diligently choosing happiness, patience, creativity, compassion and respecting one another’s right to make their individual decisions. If you’ve read a lot of my stuff on this blog, I apologize for once again using this quote, but it applies very much. Shaman Durek once said, in an interview on the Almost 30 podcast, “These are the things we put our mind to at this time, not this masquerade ball of people finally figuring out what’s been hiding beneath the carpet! Well, get a vacuum, I say! Get a broom! What is this?”
At a job in 2016, I had a supervisor who was Puerto Rican who often visited the family he still had out there, and when I asked him about the financial trouble that the country was said to be dealing with, his reply was that the Puerto Rican people didn’t care, that they saw it as the government’s problem, and instead he preferred to talk about the fun they had as a people, and how much dance is a part of their culture.
It’s okay for some famous global brands to crumble. Industries need overhaul! Let careers change, let a few poisonous people retire, die or go to prison (even if, to public knowledge, that’s only for their money-related crimes), and in the meantime, some of the people who contribute positively to the collective consciousness, who laugh and dance and represent authenticity more than Andrew Huberman does – they can gain fame in order to reach more receptive fellow humans. For example, make the following people into stars: Elizabeth April, Shaman Durek, Amanda Gorman, Cosmo, Queen of Melros, Trixie Mattel, Katya Zamolodchkova, Monet Xchange, Mateo Lane, B. Dylan Hollis, Qveen Herby, Slayyyter, and Nick Smith – watch them rise and shine. They bring such relatability and likability. Many of you readers have noticed, as I have, that the greater social handling of honesty is changing. Countles people are gravitating more toward authenticity than people who hide behind a front. Look at how Jennifer Lopez and at least two of the Jonas Brothers are each having trouble navigating where to go next with their careers. Also, I have specifically noticed that in the States, where I live, there is now significantly less patience with a person's questionable resumé, with word salad, suppression or harmful lies. Let's hold people and businesses and government officials/groups accountable with compassion, discernment and firm boundaries. This way, we can take apart something that isn’t functioning well, if at all, and rebuild. Immersing ourselves in frustration a great deal doesn’t create positive change. There also are many ways of managing if you feel overwhelmed by all the change and difficulty, but some of those options don't actually benefit you much in the longterm, as they don't prioritize wellness or keeping your week in a pretty efficient, low-stress flow.
Focus on joy, self-care and supporting your loved ones so that you are more equipped to reframe something when you become overwhelmed, and more capable of having many different things in life go your way.
Audre Lorde, a writer and activist, once said, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
Bringing the effort to truly care for yourself and to be authentic out in the world is a brave commitment, one for which I admire the glittery, loud, creative, stylish, beautiful Cosmo, Queen of Melrose. She’s earned her public crown and the one in my mind with her honest way of speaking, wonderful (and distinct) storytelling, big smiles, false eyelashes, platform sandals, lots of rings and those “Motha Bee” aviator shades. Cosmo is a fabulous example of the turn we’re seeing in people who maintain celebrity status during the massive energetic and social shifts on Earth right now. That’s why I’ve singled her out for an entire paragraph. She’s truthful about unhealthy decisions and painful beliefs in the past, and also about her point of view now.
We are each much easier to believe and listen to and respect and hang out with if we do our best to be real and self-aware.
“Some of us grow up doing credible impressions of model citizens” – Amy Gerstler, a line from poem “For my Niece Sidney, Age Six”
“My guides say that the personality is over the soul and…contains our genetics, conditioning, our parents, society and education, past life influences and then influence from the spiritual essence. They say that fulfillment is when the personality manifests at the spiritual level. And this is so key because culturally, we’re taught that fulfillment comes from getting what we want. And when we don’t get what we want, we’re sad, we’re mad and we’re hurt! And then we become victims of circumstance.
Fulfillment is the ability to actualize our spiritual nature with consistency.” – Ellen Tadd
