On Memorial Day, I didn't do what we are supposed to do, honor those who have died fighting in wars. I completely honor veterans, but not war itself, so this weekend is always a hard one, as are most of our national and religious holidays for various reasons. Actually, in a sense, the long weekend ended up being more about "memories" than "memorials" for several reasons, including having watched about an hour of a friend's old family pictures from the 50's through 70's. This was not my family, but a family from this area, with c.1960 birthday parties, and grandmothers wearing the same kinds of dresses as my grandmother, and teenage brothers with similar bushy hair as my brothers, and a similar station wagon, and summer trips to woody areas, and hippie granny dresses, and old fashioned sneakers. Perhaps some of you have experienced this, where someone else's pictures almost seem to be pictures of your own family, but they are not -- quite! I've reached the blessed point where it's not as painful as it used to be to think about my family...perhaps this slightly arm's length approach to "getting out the old family photos" was perfect in that respect.
Miscellany number two: I've been listening to some fascinating talks online about astrology, earth changes, and related topics, and am finding something even more fascinating: many of these people are speaking of some of the transitional kinds of events and trends that I have envisioned for decades. I mean, if I was alone back then in predicting such changes (and I am sure it only felt that way...), I no longer am. We are clearly in what I used to call the Transition (with a capital T) and there is much more to come.
I guess what I never really foresaw was exactly how violent things would become, that some humans (are they really?) would actually appear to increase their cruelty towards others. This isn't where we are headed in the long term, but tragically, it does seem as if the birth pangs of the new paradigm may be even more painful than I expected. Still, most days I feel more encouraged and upbeat than ever. Such vile forces may be able to do many things, but they cannot kill our inner peace or Love. Those of us who have worked hard in recent decades to align to the divine within have shifted the spiritual and energetic landscape; some of us may closely match the aura of the emerging Aquarian age. In an odd way, holding that energy is suddenly getting easier.
