In uncertain times, let’s choose love
These are uncertain times.
With no judgement — you may be in the camp of avoiding the news and believing there is nothing that can be done and it is healthier to not be confronted. At the other end of the spectrum you may be experiencing existential anxiety, helplessness and stress. You may be flitting between the two (hello!👋). You may be trying to take action and fighting endless, Sisyphean, exhausting battles..
Whichever camp you are in, you are bound to be feeling it. Whether this feeling is something you are aware of or lurking in your shadow. It is a collective unease that affects us all as things shift on a global stage and as social creatures we are wired to be receptive to the feelings of everyone around us.
I was recently in a powerful Dark Mother workshop where we were accessing and integrating the shadow parts of ourselves that we hold in our bodies as mothers. Powerful work to bring light to the parts of ourselves we may rather hide, so that we can respond to these parts with love and not let them wring havoc by popping up in unexpected moments. Beautiful mothers around me were acknowledging the exhaustion, the overwhelm, the grief, the confusion… It was powerful.
The fear that bubbled quickly to the surface for me was for my children, and for all of our children. What surfaced was the abject horror that resides in the lack of control that I have over the world and what may affect them. And it was good to acknowledge how that feels lurking in my system, and what I need to be able to hold and integrate this painful truth.
More people are turning to organised religion in recent times. It is natural to seek something to rely on and offer hope in times of turmoil.
But perhaps what we need is MORE THAN THIS. Perhaps we do not need more patriarchal stories and rules. I am a deeply spiritual person, but we must be careful and considered choosing the systems we need for external solace.
Perhaps what we need is to find safety and security in -
Ourselves 🌙🌳 To find something within that we can rely upon for stability, a core strength and knowing and purpose. To work with our shadow selves, to find peace and love and magic in our sovereignty.
Relationships ❤🌗To find truly meaningful, rewarding, safe, supportive and whole relationships — in relationships of all kinds. To rewrite the narrative around what relationships MEAN and what they can BRING. To find and create the community that we desire and yearn for and are ready to be in.
The Earth 🌏🌱Our beautiful planet from which so many of us are so estranged. The planet that sustains us, nurtures us, upon which we are entirely dependent for our survival. The magical planet of absolute beauty and wonder that gives us hope and security and safety and perspective. The planet that needs our love and care and respect.
Whatever we do, even if we do nothing, is an active choice.
Let’s choose love ❤️
