A very big aloha.
My name is Reverend Cindy Paulos,
And I've been thinking about how important it is to keep the faith,
To stay strong,
And to have the people who are good-hearted,
Good-minded,
Strong,
Good-intentioned,
All the good stuff,
All the good people who do good stuff,
How important it is more than ever for them to hold strong and not get overwhelmed or discouraged by some of the negative things that may be going on in the world.
There's been a lot of news,
A lot of news,
And the news usually is mostly,
News is not necessarily good news.
I like the last five minutes of the newscast going to be something positive.
I like the last five minutes,
And I'll watch the news because it's important to see what's going on in the world,
But,
You know,
If you were really to believe that that is the nature of the world,
Of what we're seeing on the news,
Is what really is what is going on in the world,
You get pretty depressed.
But there,
I cease instead through things that of people I know,
Insight Timer,
Things in places I go to that are telling the stories of good people creating good things,
That are creating wonderful,
Inspiring music,
That are doing great art,
That there is this other side of the world that doesn't get a lot of attention.
I think you might see some inspiring movies,
But unfortunately a lot of the movies that sell really well are the horror movies,
Or,
You know,
Things that have science fiction that's off-base,
A little,
In my opinion,
Off-base.
So we have to filter the negative stuff out,
And really try to stay in the positive area,
And that takes some intention,
Right?
That takes the intention of going,
And first of all,
I always believe,
Of course,
In starting the day with the meditation,
And doing something positive like that.
I always write a poem after I do my meditation,
Or I call it a message.
So that's how I start,
You know,
And then there's a lot of things that I can do in between,
But I find that I need to,
Again,
Re-inspire myself,
Sometimes by noon or in the afternoon,
To again stay in that positive state of mind.
And I think that's something we have to do,
Is watch out for our state of mind,
Because it can get influenced pretty easily by negative things that we see on TV,
And negative things that might be going on in the world.
And I think it's important,
Like I said,
It's so important to be aware of what's going on in the world,
But I think when I watch some of the negative things going on in the world,
It makes me more dedicated to wanting to keep the powerful good things,
The goodwill,
The people with good intentions,
The good stuff,
Going even stronger,
You know.
More important than ever not to be overwhelmed,
Or to think that's the way the world is right now.
I know so many more people who are meditating more than ever before,
And in all the life years,
Many,
Many years,
There are more people meditating now so much more than when I started when I was 15 or 16 years old.
There's so many more people out there in the world that are doing inspiring things,
And I see so many young people choosing to do things to help out the world.
And I think that story,
That belief in the good that's going on,
Is so important right now,
That we have to completely choose to see that,
And remember that,
And be inspired by the good stuff that's going on in the world.
And that's a lot of what I think our goal should be these days.
To do is to,
You know,
Be realistic,
But at the same time,
Not be realistic in the sense that what some of the newscasts would want you to think was real.
That's just the news that's going on,
That they're picking out,
That is the bad news.
There's so much more good news that you're not seeing.
So I'm going to keep it simple and short today,
But I just wanted to encourage you to continue to do whatever good you can do to meditate,
To do your creative best,
To have that attitude of gratitude,
To have that attitude that is helpful in the world,
To support other people with positive energy,
Because they appreciate that as well.
And I appreciate you taking the time to just stop and to listen and to care enough to be there as well.
In fact,
It's very important to me,
And I bow in the deepest of gratitude to you.
