Personal Meditation no. 201

“Your beliefs are your actions. What you say is just what you think.”

Embrace the Within.

I am always happy when someone is still optimistic about folks. I find very little to get optimistic about with people. That category is getting smaller after the last fourteen days.

I used to have a sort of conversion optimism that folks would figure it out if I preached the good word loud and long enough. That never worked on me BUT I figured it was worth a shot and gave that my all. I used to think that modeling a better way to live was going to bring in converts. I finally just focused on doing what I knew worked and forgot about most other folks. And I think that has worked out healthiest.

Ultimately I have to work on me first and let that be a model for change. I look back on these fourteen days and see a failure that is now making things happen. I couldn’t grow anything fourteen days ago and now I have seven raised beds, three green houses, three pear trees, a berry patch, rabbits, and chickens. I did what I planned to do and worked that plan.

I think a lot of folks have a plan to fail because they fail to plan. And if I learned nothing else from the past fourteen days, it is that no one else is making sure I eat. And eating is important. I can be without a home, without electricity, without a lot BUT food is not a thing I can without.

So, when folks are angry something they need isn’t at the store. I don’t get concerned anymore. I am rather sure I can make and grow whatever I need after the fourteen days. And self reliance is a great achievement in my book. I used to worry and that worry led to all this change. I was concerned I was gonna go hungry and so was my family. BUT that no longer worries me.

A lot of things no longer worry me now that I know I can live without leaving my ten mile zone. A lot of things fade away when I realized that soon I won’t need a car. A lot of things make a lot more sense now.

I am just glad I get to live in a world that makes that possible. Even though a lot of you are making weird choices.

Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

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