DRIFT

(I’m inviting you to eavesdrop on a conversation I had with a dear friend. I hope you find it useful. I know at least one of you out there will.) ME: So what’s it got to do with you anyway?

HER: Sometimes I want to drift away. I don’t want to be here. I want to be in the place where I go when I meditate. I want to be in the vast blackness, the void, the center of creation and say f*ck you to all of this noise around me. I can do this. I have free will. I don’t need to make excuses. Just cut to it- see you later- I’m outta here. ME: Well, guess what? I think that’s pretty damn selfish. Yes, the world has run amuck. But you know what? It needs to. We are not here by chance. You’ve heard me say it 100 times before. The world is FULL of people like you and me who stand our ground and have faith in our relationships and connections and family. The world is FULL of people who care and want change. The world is FULL of people who want to smile, be happy, go to a pub with friends, go out to eat and have a babysitter, AND are willing to wait to make that happen again. You know what I think? I think that there are way more people who want to do that than there are people who don’t. Who cares if it’s a Biden supporter, trump supporter, whatever supporter. Who cares if they believe in the corona virus or waves an oversized flag from the back of their pick-up truck. Who cares if the hate gets louder than the love? Well, I care. You care. Isn’t that right? Everyone is so sick and tired of being sick and tired, etc., but hey, we are at a critical time in our own personal history as well as world history. It’s not up to one individual to change the world. It’s not up to one person to rescue us. Remember this, there is never is anyone coming to rescue us. It’s a fraud. It’s a guru who takes all your money. Don’t believe it. The power of the collective change lies within the power of the INDIVIDUAL to change HERSELF. Our own vibrations MUST be raised. High road, low road, no road- doesn’t matter. What matters is how you manage your OWN energy. What matters is how you treat the people around you, your family, your neighbors. Don’t take your anger out on the innocents. Don’t be grumpy to your family because your vibration is low, because you’re not getting what you want and you feel like you need to stomp your foot about it. LOOK INSIDE. That’s where it all is! LOOK INSIDE. Take a big, long, deep breath, hold it, exhale loudly and for as long as it takes to get all of the excess air out of you. Now do that 3 times. Done? Go look in the mirror. Ask your beautiful self WHO DO I WANT TO BE? Do you want to be angry, resentful, pissed off, cranky, nasty, bitter, riddled with anxiety, weight issues, addiction issues and constant bad breath or canker sores because you speak with such vitriol and complaints? OR do you want to wake up every day and FEEL GOOD? Because tough nuts. It’s a choice. How will you wake up tomorrow? How will you wake up November 4th? How will you wake up one week from now? How will you wake up on 01/01/2021? Personally, man on man, I’ve been in some slumps. Then this all comes back to me and I get off the angry train. I realize that I have the ability to bring JOY to myself and others just by being me. It’s within ME. Just like it’s within YOU. It is entirely within our control. I will not surround myself by gossip, complainers, nay-sayers and anything else the weighs my vibe down. It’s ok. I can do that. AND I can still love those people. But if I want to see real change in the world, I need to see real change and love in my world first. If I want to be a meaningful part of this existence, that’s what I need to do. If I want to create an abundant world for my children & grandchildren that they cannot just survive in but THRIVE in, then I’m going to do everything I can to raise my vibration and live with purpose and on purpose. It’s time to live from the soul. Every. Damn. Day.

Sure, it’s tempting to drift away. Until it’s not. Thanks for reading! Love, Julie.