"Love & Light" woo-woo'ers vs. Reality

[Clouds Passing]

2. Being human means having the full range of emotions, all the way from hate to Grace and everything in between.

That doesn’t mean we act upon or react to every negative emotion with immense intensity or swallow bad emotions to our detriment. If we can make allies with our difficult emotions they can show us where we need protection or warning.

I’m sorry you almost died. What your friend said was callous. I almost died 30 years ago and I’m still not over it. I will not get over it in this lifetime. I will not get over how badly my family and friends treated me when I was sick and dying. Going through hard times is not easy, others can make it worse.

Reality is this life is despair and joy, sickness and health, poverty and wealth, hate and love, fear and comfort, like the up and down of our beating heart. Sometimes we need love, sometimes we need anger. Sometimes we need light, sometimes we need dark. Sometimes puppies poop on the persian carpet. Sometimes butterflies die off because of pesticides and loss of habitat. Those things make up life.

Thouroughly enjoyed your TED talk. Thanks 💚