Fear and Love

There are two ways I can handle this moment.

I can surrender to fear, letting it take me over, feed on my energy, and act through me. This might have me watching the election polls obsessively, somehow convincing myself that it matters whether I know the numbers. It might have me speaking harshly about people, dwelling on the future or the past, or listening judgmentally.

Or I can surrender to love, letting it act through me. This could look like:

• Taking care of my own feelings tenderly,
• Listening to a worried friend with compassion,
• Shopping for some food staples and dropping them off at the food bank,
• Walking a sick neighbor's dog,
• Making my son's favorite dinner,
• Looking for something I respect about someone with different political opinions from my own,
• Smiling at a stranger on my walk,
• Breathing before speaking, or
• Noticing the beauty all around me.

​What's the most loving choice right that we can make right now?

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