Choice No Choice

 Choices, Choices, and No Choices seems to be a way of life whether we are in Covid-19 or not. I don't remember a time when I had chosen to just be happy, joyous and free and be done with life's journey. I would prefer to just be laid back, go to a AA meeting, meet sponsee types at the coffee shop, chat endlessly about stuff, go home, watch the news over dinner, make calls and drift off into a blissful sleep knowing I had a good day. 

Anyway I did do this many days and now that coffee shops are pretty much closed down we meet on Zoom, chat about sobriety and God, and close the screen. Not as satisfying for sure but better than total isolation. I remain grateful for any contact or interaction at all!

Then there are people (especially elders) whose lives are turned upside down with the closure of Meals on Wheels centers and places like McDonalds where they gather, catch up, get fed, stay cool, stay connected. Many don't know how to Zoom etc. and many have turned to booze to kill the pain of loneliness. Many have connections to their social workers but front line people such as outreach workers are overwhelmed with clients and can't reach out in a timely way.

What a mess we humans have made of our lives by insisting on hanging onto to old ways and ideas. Racism, economic instability, broken justice systems, severe divineness that lead to lack of peace and sanity have taken a toll on us all. Then there is Covid-19 that is bringing all of this and all of us to a state of no choice. 

However there is never a time we are at a place of absolutely no choice. There is always a choice available to change our old ways of thinking and doing. We are at at time we are turning toward Choice of inclusiveness, common sense sanity, right thinking, right political action, right emotion, the next humane right thing to do based on spirit, love and light. 

Anyway... may all our future choices be the middle path of social justice that leads to that wold peace we are all seeking to live.

    

I have not felt like writing much lately. Sadness does that to us humans. I am approaching 80 years on this planet. This means I am cuing up to die. I will die. You will die. We humans all die. These days many are passing due to a virus that has shut the world down. A tiny little virus has shut down a tiny minded little world---this one we all live in.

Mother Earth is weary of us---we people who mostly don't seem to care for her, for ourselves, for others. We yammer on and on about World Peace but apparently don't walk our talk. Too much talk and not enough walk---action is desperately needed.

Many years ago the great Bahai peoples presented 'The Promise of World Peace'. A promise that I know will come true but at what cost? The Great Mystery Power wants us humans to have peace. The Great Mystery Power in fact will have peace here on Mother Earth. The more we resist this promise and opportunity the harder it will be.

The WORLD is shut down! Our economy in tanked! Innocent lives have been and will be lost! And yet we humans protest, resist, wax selfish and self-centered and egocentric!

WHAT EXACTLY is it going to take to grow up and walk into the peace that is our legacy? I suggest we investigate those who are doing it.

Bahai Faith comes to mind. The great AA/NA movement comes to mind. Unity movements worldwide are active. But until all these movements come together as One Great Peace Force nothing much is going to happen.

Anyway---a big thank you to people found everywhere that are posting to inspire and instigate and move souls toward the goal of that Great promise of World Peace. Check it out for yourself.

All our lives and all life depends on it.  Eagles Grace out!