This is really important. Just be. Look around and there's an entire world in the small spaces around you. You don't need certificates or trophies or awards. You don't need to be famous. The world is full of anonymous people who do not stand out in any way to the rest of the world. But they were here on planet Earth and made their mark just by existing. You are a miracle. Every person is a miracle. Take it all in.
I am old and probably not going to be on this earth a lot longer. I am grateful for every bird and animal that I encounter, every plant that I see push up through the earth. But I worry about what kind of world my children and grandchildren and all of their friends have in front of them. I can still appreciate what is right in front of me, but I feel incredibly sad that the world is looking so bad. I know we have always been fed a pack of lies. I have known that for a while. But all those lies, all that consumption, all that take take take is coming to a head. And the ones who have caused it.....will they suffer or will only the people they have used be the ones to suffer?
Caitlin, it's as though this article of yours is speaking directly to me (and many of the things that sometimes swirl around in my head and heart) - it needs to be slowly digested and given deep reflection. I would say more about how meaningful this essay is to me, but the for time being I'd rather let the many thoughts/tangents that come from this percolate inside me...
Thank you so much for this - it's seems like all of us need a reality check at times...
”But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ“
Philippians 3:7-8 NKJV
This life is only a test for where you end up in eternity:
”All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.“
Matthew 25:32-33 NKJV
Also:
”Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!“
"No frog is sitting there worrying about its worth as a frog. No eagle is flooding its body with stress hormones because it hasn’t accomplished enough in life. They get their food and they relax. That’s their whole day."
I don't know a lot about frogs or eagles or their inner lives, but cats are less into navel gazing than are humans, I think.
Attempting to author my own story has led to expectations; better to take each moment as it comes and make the best decision I can always. And past mistakes stop being a story defining now; each moment a question and an answer.
a message given out by Meher Baba during World War II in November 1944.
"In the one undivided and indivisible Ocean of Life, you have, through ignorance, created the pernicious divisions based on sex, race, nationality, religion or community: and you allow these self-created divisions to poison your heart and pervert your relationships. You are already parts of one life, and, as such, brotherhood is not something which is to be brought into existence through laborious efforts, but is the supreme fact, which claims your recognition and wholehearted allegiance as soon as you have the candidness and the courage to face the truth."
Don't be too hard on people. They are mostly doing what they can to get by. Don't be too hard on yourself. As long as you still have empathy for your fellow humans and still see something to love about life you are hanging in there. We are not the society, country or world we happen to live in. We are better than the group if we are still good individuals who care about each other and try to do the right thing...whatever that is?
For me, life is about the realization that at the exact same time, ones existence is a unique evolutionary miracle, balanced by the awareness, that in the grand scheme of the universe, the individual being is as significant as a tiny grain of sand in the largest desert on earth. Holding both concepts in the same brain is a challenge, but somehow makes one appreciate the ride on the roller coaster.
I have to make my mind to move the countryside with my family, but someone who called David jealous on me without letting us go back to live the luxury life there with my daughter should not have to go to international school for expensive classes without getting anything than her parents could do for her, since the course made by David and teacher replaced by David. You must do not know so much things now in order to say about that after you already studied in America knowing that life is just meeting ppl you love for drink and talk and accompany to enjoy the life. We all know about it when after we have spent man years in western country, before that, most ppl do not know what is wisdom and what is greedy and what is life. However, someone also brain wash my daughter to let her buy more and more stuff for these years as well. By the way, we can do anything for survive and good will, but not just pursuing fame and money and higher class. You can have so many hobbies just for fun but not playing world game to compete with world get golden champions. Also, you can go some traveling to see ppl how they live their life does not bother anyone and affect anyone’s happiness. You earn money for survive just cuz you need to let ur family have better than basic life style or you wanna be middle class in case to protect ur family fr the risks. You pursuit good learning and education to make yourself complete and mature and understandable for the world more and more. When you could go some other country to learn more, of course, it is a good chance if you earn money by justice and fairness even with your own hands and effort without taking advantage fr anyone and destroying others’ happiness. You cannot say anything cuz you have no right to say that since we lived the life you wrote since before twenty more years without one plan with another plan, without one goal with another goal, without one book with another book, we only meet ppl and enjoy the moments. We knew ppl so much more than most ppl who only read books. Do not pretentious when you do not know anything now. Also, I have written so much about what you said since I was the first who against Ai and satellite cuz I lived the life liked you said before many years. We knew how to love our family and friends and neighbors. We knew how to balance the relationship without calculating one cents in order to stay me clear and levelheaded. We do not need to feel rejection others by only their one sentences or world, we knew that’s human who would have flaws without walking through a long way must be corrected many many times still. When they knew how to use satellite control ppl’s minds, I knew they went into the completely wrong way. That’s what I said and you said: no one has a name :), David must know about it for years but he puts his name anywhere by saying in order to become famous politic:). He said he would become billionaire then become revolutionist. Do you know ppl need freedom to survive, he brainwash my brain in this way. Do you know my daughter before?
This is really important. Just be. Look around and there's an entire world in the small spaces around you. You don't need certificates or trophies or awards. You don't need to be famous. The world is full of anonymous people who do not stand out in any way to the rest of the world. But they were here on planet Earth and made their mark just by existing. You are a miracle. Every person is a miracle. Take it all in.
I am old and probably not going to be on this earth a lot longer. I am grateful for every bird and animal that I encounter, every plant that I see push up through the earth. But I worry about what kind of world my children and grandchildren and all of their friends have in front of them. I can still appreciate what is right in front of me, but I feel incredibly sad that the world is looking so bad. I know we have always been fed a pack of lies. I have known that for a while. But all those lies, all that consumption, all that take take take is coming to a head. And the ones who have caused it.....will they suffer or will only the people they have used be the ones to suffer?
"The cells in your body already know how to live."
No truer words. Each one an amazing complex adaptive system. And then they collaborate.
Caitlin, it's as though this article of yours is speaking directly to me (and many of the things that sometimes swirl around in my head and heart) - it needs to be slowly digested and given deep reflection. I would say more about how meaningful this essay is to me, but the for time being I'd rather let the many thoughts/tangents that come from this percolate inside me...
Thank you so much for this - it's seems like all of us need a reality check at times...
Much love and gratitude to you and Tim! 🙏❤️
Sometimes I need these little reminders. Thanks ☺️
So true! Savouring this miraculous life is what makes it worth living.
🙂👍
Awaken and face the morning in joy! 🤩
Amen, preach it!
”But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ“
Philippians 3:7-8 NKJV
This life is only a test for where you end up in eternity:
”All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.“
Matthew 25:32-33 NKJV
Also:
”Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!“
Psalms 46:10 NKJV
I'm glad to know you, or at least to read what you are about. Caitlin Johnstone! You're such an inspiration to me! 🩷
Today is going to be my Peaceful Day. I declare that every morning regardless of what’s happening.
"No frog is sitting there worrying about its worth as a frog. No eagle is flooding its body with stress hormones because it hasn’t accomplished enough in life. They get their food and they relax. That’s their whole day."
I don't know a lot about frogs or eagles or their inner lives, but cats are less into navel gazing than are humans, I think.
Attempting to author my own story has led to expectations; better to take each moment as it comes and make the best decision I can always. And past mistakes stop being a story defining now; each moment a question and an answer.
a message given out by Meher Baba during World War II in November 1944.
"In the one undivided and indivisible Ocean of Life, you have, through ignorance, created the pernicious divisions based on sex, race, nationality, religion or community: and you allow these self-created divisions to poison your heart and pervert your relationships. You are already parts of one life, and, as such, brotherhood is not something which is to be brought into existence through laborious efforts, but is the supreme fact, which claims your recognition and wholehearted allegiance as soon as you have the candidness and the courage to face the truth."
Don't be too hard on people. They are mostly doing what they can to get by. Don't be too hard on yourself. As long as you still have empathy for your fellow humans and still see something to love about life you are hanging in there. We are not the society, country or world we happen to live in. We are better than the group if we are still good individuals who care about each other and try to do the right thing...whatever that is?
For me, life is about the realization that at the exact same time, ones existence is a unique evolutionary miracle, balanced by the awareness, that in the grand scheme of the universe, the individual being is as significant as a tiny grain of sand in the largest desert on earth. Holding both concepts in the same brain is a challenge, but somehow makes one appreciate the ride on the roller coaster.
I have to make my mind to move the countryside with my family, but someone who called David jealous on me without letting us go back to live the luxury life there with my daughter should not have to go to international school for expensive classes without getting anything than her parents could do for her, since the course made by David and teacher replaced by David. You must do not know so much things now in order to say about that after you already studied in America knowing that life is just meeting ppl you love for drink and talk and accompany to enjoy the life. We all know about it when after we have spent man years in western country, before that, most ppl do not know what is wisdom and what is greedy and what is life. However, someone also brain wash my daughter to let her buy more and more stuff for these years as well. By the way, we can do anything for survive and good will, but not just pursuing fame and money and higher class. You can have so many hobbies just for fun but not playing world game to compete with world get golden champions. Also, you can go some traveling to see ppl how they live their life does not bother anyone and affect anyone’s happiness. You earn money for survive just cuz you need to let ur family have better than basic life style or you wanna be middle class in case to protect ur family fr the risks. You pursuit good learning and education to make yourself complete and mature and understandable for the world more and more. When you could go some other country to learn more, of course, it is a good chance if you earn money by justice and fairness even with your own hands and effort without taking advantage fr anyone and destroying others’ happiness. You cannot say anything cuz you have no right to say that since we lived the life you wrote since before twenty more years without one plan with another plan, without one goal with another goal, without one book with another book, we only meet ppl and enjoy the moments. We knew ppl so much more than most ppl who only read books. Do not pretentious when you do not know anything now. Also, I have written so much about what you said since I was the first who against Ai and satellite cuz I lived the life liked you said before many years. We knew how to love our family and friends and neighbors. We knew how to balance the relationship without calculating one cents in order to stay me clear and levelheaded. We do not need to feel rejection others by only their one sentences or world, we knew that’s human who would have flaws without walking through a long way must be corrected many many times still. When they knew how to use satellite control ppl’s minds, I knew they went into the completely wrong way. That’s what I said and you said: no one has a name :), David must know about it for years but he puts his name anywhere by saying in order to become famous politic:). He said he would become billionaire then become revolutionist. Do you know ppl need freedom to survive, he brainwash my brain in this way. Do you know my daughter before?