FREAK

In these times, our times, it is easy to become consumed by fear. It is hard to think about the challenges facing our planet and not freak out.

Bombarded with news about political, humanitarian, and environmental problems, we constantly witness our human habits of violence, greed and ignorance. It never lets up.

Life is wild and when global and personal overwhelm combine, who is not tempted to freak out?

But we humans have gone to war, struggled to survive, faced injustice and been overwhelmed by events beyond our control forever.

If we can own our disappointment with ourselves and others, own our personal and collective stupidity, it actually can help us wake up. When we genuinely feel sorry about our contribution to the problem, be it personal, local or global, then our desire, our determination to find a solution grows.

When we drop the fantasy of searching somehow, somewhere for a perfect world and instead accept and engage with the world as it is, complex, chaotic, crazy… When we face the pain of our human condition, we also embrace the beauty and value of life in all its forms.

Our world is messy, maddening, moody yet magical and if we don’t freak out, we have got this...

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