This world scares me. I miss Mr. Virgo’s strong arms around me more than ever, knowing I would be protected from all harm. Period. No questions. Now, there are tons of questions. Who is protecting me? Who will save us? God, of course, so I can rest in that. I am not delving into the issue of right or wrong here. Someone is always right. Someone is always wrong. Yin/yang. Light/dark. Good/evil. It has been this way forever. But, it’s what we DO with that…how we react…that is the issue here. The human race is tired. We’ve been beaten up. Robbed of our peace by terror. Gone are the innocent Camelot years. I can feel the jagged energy in the world. It’s harsh…like the static on a TV station you accidentally switch to and the sound is too loud. It’s too loud for me, this world. It hurts…my ears, my head, my heart. I want to stand up and scream STOP! Stop it! You’re hurting me. You’re hurting my grandbabies. You’re hurting us all.

I want to cry.

I don’t have TV. I don’t watch the news. I keep up by reading online, but the moving pictures on the evening news at my cousin’s house last night struck terror in my heart. I wanted to switch it off, but I couldn’t. I want to pretend it isn’t happening, but that doesn’t work. I want to erase the images of the burning and the looting, but I can’t. You can’t unring a bell.

So, what CAN I do? I cannot change them, but I can pray for them. I cannot bring back the dead, but I can work for justice. I can learn, and read, and talk, and vote. But most of all…I can spread as much love throughout the world as I possibly can. I can hug everyone I meet and make sure they know they are loved. I can ask them to pay that forward. We are not so far gone that we cannot hold each other in love, standing strong in a sacred space. I will not be terrorized! They cannot steal my sense of peace! I will not fear the night! I will not run from my fellows! This can be a scary situation…or this can be the nadir of change. It is up to us. Do we join the angry rhetoric? Do we choose sides? Or do we remember humanity is essentially good and work from a space filled with love and compassion?

Breathe good into the world today. Pray for peace. <3