Hello friends
Is anyone else feeling a little overwhelmed with the intensity of everything that's going on in our poor wounded world? Wednesday's eclipse felt like it heightened everything. My heart is aching for all who are hurting right now. All those who lost homes and loved ones in Hurricane Helene in the USA's southeast. All those who continue to suffer in Ukraine and Gaza, and now Lebanon. And my heart also goes out to all the kindhearted and peaceful people in Russia and Israel who want no part in these terrible wars but are currently powerless to change the situation. It's heartbreaking.
The onslaught of war images and stories. The ongoing attack on Nature, even while climate change creates catastrophe after catastrophe. What do we do with all this? How do we keep functioning when everything feels so fucked up? Honestly, I really don't have any answers, other than to spend time away from it all, even for just a moment. Connect with Nature, nurture our own hearts, stay loving and kind to self and other. And of course, turn up at protests, vote with your heart, visualize peace and pray / meditate / do spell work and ritual and make it clear that we do not have to accept war and destruction as inevitable.
Mostly, I just wanted you to know that, though I rarely post about politics etc on socials (I really don't want to get into nasty online battles, and I try to maintain a pretty minimal engagement with socials), I, like all of us, are feeling it and I'm sad.
So I'm just sending out some Love.