Hello dear friends. The clouds hover above and I dare say yet more rain will head towards us. Of course, the rain is necessary but a bit of sunshine and those crispy mornings are quite desirable. A little hint of a frost with bright sunshine brings a certain magic to us all does it not? First up though a huge thank you to Jo and Shilpa for stopping by on my previous post, much love and kudos to you all.
Today I will look at how hard it can be to maintain a state of positivity when around us things are challenging. For some, far more than others but I do not wish to engage in a competition about one suffering more than another. Indeed, let us look around and you will discover that each one of us has their own trials to undergo and hopefully come through.
I've often heard over the years that I had no choice but to be strong and overcome what comes along. I have nothing but admiration for those who've done just that but do spare a thought for those who have not. There are many out there who weren't strong enough to overcome and disappear into their own downward spirals from which there is little chance of escape. We live in a world where on the whole you are abandoned, suffer endless delays and little chance of real support and being forgotten.
Government departments are shrouded in layers of bureaucracy and a culture of ticking boxes and entering figures onto a database. Your name might be Mark Smith but in a computer system you may well be just MS233411QSTEN46A fitting profile TS and priority X3. To the system/state you are not a person, merely a few digits either contributing or draining the GDP figures.
If you're stranded, how can you find succour to get through? It's a very difficult question where no answer fits all. You can try the system to get some help and you could get fortunate and find someone who doesn't just tick boxes and actually assists or you may encounter interminable delays leading you on paths going in perpetual circles of stasis.
Alternatively you could look to your friends and community but at times that may not work and some of us out there have very small social circles and when they erode it leaves us even more isolated. How many of us have many friends and yet meet no-one? Quite a few when we look at our social media accounts I fancy.
Eventually we may find ourselves totally isolated, vulnerable and alienated. It is then when we strive to find those pools of positivity and at times it feels impossible. What can we do?
First, we have to look to change our mood to one of smiling, looking for hope.
Second, we recognise we are our own source of sovereign energy. There is no doubt external forces can severely impact our emotional state/mood. Digging down to eke out those vestiges of light takes a lot of effort and a state of never giving up can be even harder.
Third, try not to fall down the trapdoor of resentment and betrayal. Sure, people will let you down and you will let others down. We must be so careful though not to find ourselves victims of our own strict doctrines which others may not conform too. Like everything in life we look for compromise and we can see things very black and white and it can cut us off from everyone. If you're happy to be lonely and isolated this path may well lead to that eventuality. Ask yourself whether you're happy to be in that state.
Ultimately though there are so many aspects we will look at when in these positions. Let us steer away from judgement, belief sets and disdain. Believe in you, look for the light in others and find those particles of love. There is huge love for all of us, question is though, are you willing to accept it?
These are merely my own thoughts and I'm no expert but I hope the article at least raises an eyebrow. Thank you for reading and much love to you all.
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