Now,
More than ever,
Good for you for coming to a place of quiet,
A place to turn in,
To settle down.
Inhale.
Exhale.
And because there is so much swirling around right now,
Let's do that again.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Welcome to a hit of hope.
There is a word that has intrigued me for years,
And it's weird.
Not the weird you are probably familiar with,
But W-Y-R-D.
Weird.
According to Urban Dictionary,
It's the Germanic,
Northern European equivalent of karma.
But this is not some kind of external fate or being that is controlling things.
Rather,
Weird is the natural consequences of your own actions,
Cause,
And effect.
If you smile at someone,
That produces a particular effect.
If you yell at someone,
Same thing.
If you tell the truth,
Hard as it may be,
That produces an effect.
If you lie.
If you give more than you take,
You get certain effects.
If you take more than you give.
If you face life with ease and openness,
You get certain effects.
If you live with fear and gripping,
Especially regarding those things that are out of your control,
You get certain effects.
And speaking of control,
Weird does not control our lives.
It simply responds to our actions.
So what we have done,
How we have thought,
How we have acted,
All of that impacts the unfolding of our lives.
So the idea of weird could produce guilt and shame.
If only I hadn't done this or that,
Then this wouldn't be happening.
As hard as it is,
Let that go.
Because otherwise you are stuck in the past,
Dragging a cruise ship sized anchor around your neck.
Do not live in the past,
The what was.
Live in the now,
The is,
Because that will impact all that will be.
Because weird can also mean that which has not yet been faded.
In other words,
We can have hope.
What is happening now comes from all that we have done before.
There's no changing that.
What we do now affects all that is to come.
Let me repeat that.
What we do now affects all that is to come.
So what do you want to bring to your life?
Act now in a way to make that happen.
What do you want to see more of in the world?
Act now in a way to make that happen.
It's easy,
Under the best of times,
To contract with fear,
To cling and hold on,
To get caught up in what if.
But we need to act now in ways that will bring about all kinds of love and light and goodness to ourselves and to the world.
You are an amazing,
Beautiful,
Rare,
Weird,
Complicated,
Simple soul who probably just wants all kinds of love and goodness in your life.
Most of us do.
Weird is that which has not yet been faded.
You can have hope.
You can love.
You can surrender.
You can nourish.
You can open to that which will be.
And you can act in ways now,
Right now,
That make what is to come for you and for those around you incredibly fulfilling,
Rich,
And real.
Is life still hard,
Even with the idea of weird in place?
You bet.
No one knows what is coming,
Now or ever.
But you,
You can control how you think,
How you act,
What you set in motion in your head and in your life right now.
You've got this.
Stay weird.
Stay full of hope.
And remember what you do right now affects all that is to come.
Blessings to you all.
Namaste.
