New Ground
A lot of people are facing life today from a place of having to start over. Their life as they knew it doesn’t exist anymore. Other people died. Death creates a new beginning. There’s a lot of work that needs to be done that wasn’t on anyone’s “to do” list a couple of weeks ago. Change can be good, but it requires a lot of adjustment.
To me, this situation presents us with an opportunity for improvement. I was at a sweat lodge today with Daniel “Thunder Hawk” Moon, http://www.pathtocreator.org/, and he talked about how we don’t necessarily receive what we want, but we need to find a way to receive what we get and find a good use for it. Sounds like a start.
So I’m on un-charted ground focusing on how to work with what I’m getting rather than on what I want. When the towers burned down on 9/11 life was no longer the same. Today I look at New Orleans and remember the place where I graduated from college and it’s no longer there. I wrote a lyric in a song called “Hey LA” that comes to mind.
“Life is so strange, things never change. It’s never the same ‘til you look twice.” I also remember that kid’s song “One of these things is not like the other…” Lyrics are catchy little things for me. My sister, Jo Ellen, and I will sing song lyrics to respond in a conversation sometimes and we laugh when we do. Breaking into song is so Broadway.
I bring it up because I’m a person who looks for the underlying pattern of what is going on. I don’t know why exactly. It’s just a thing that I do. And I’m seeing a pattern that is interesting to me. Tragedy/Outrage/Big Money Raised/Some People Don’t Respond Quickly/Other People Step In and Get Things Taken Care Of/People’s Lives Resume.
It’s almost like a flow chart. It happened with 9/11. It happened with the Tsunami. It’s happening in New Orleans. And that’s just in this decade. Drama/Rescue/Adrenaline Rush. The news pours it out and the people eat it up. Most of the highest rated shows on television are centered on crime and catastrophe. What’s the appeal?
Or maybe a better question for me is; Do we know that we’re fixated on this stuff? Do we see what that is creating in our lives? My answer: Probably not. How could we know the answer to that? I just think it’s important to ask the question. How could we not be fixated? Or even better, how can we be fixated and make a change in how we are fixated?
Blessings!
Laura
LauraCohnMusic.com
http://www.LauraCohnMusic.com
Where Music Meets Artistry
To me, this situation presents us with an opportunity for improvement. I was at a sweat lodge today with Daniel “Thunder Hawk” Moon, http://www.pathtocreator.org/, and he talked about how we don’t necessarily receive what we want, but we need to find a way to receive what we get and find a good use for it. Sounds like a start.
So I’m on un-charted ground focusing on how to work with what I’m getting rather than on what I want. When the towers burned down on 9/11 life was no longer the same. Today I look at New Orleans and remember the place where I graduated from college and it’s no longer there. I wrote a lyric in a song called “Hey LA” that comes to mind.
“Life is so strange, things never change. It’s never the same ‘til you look twice.” I also remember that kid’s song “One of these things is not like the other…” Lyrics are catchy little things for me. My sister, Jo Ellen, and I will sing song lyrics to respond in a conversation sometimes and we laugh when we do. Breaking into song is so Broadway.
I bring it up because I’m a person who looks for the underlying pattern of what is going on. I don’t know why exactly. It’s just a thing that I do. And I’m seeing a pattern that is interesting to me. Tragedy/Outrage/Big Money Raised/Some People Don’t Respond Quickly/Other People Step In and Get Things Taken Care Of/People’s Lives Resume.
It’s almost like a flow chart. It happened with 9/11. It happened with the Tsunami. It’s happening in New Orleans. And that’s just in this decade. Drama/Rescue/Adrenaline Rush. The news pours it out and the people eat it up. Most of the highest rated shows on television are centered on crime and catastrophe. What’s the appeal?
Or maybe a better question for me is; Do we know that we’re fixated on this stuff? Do we see what that is creating in our lives? My answer: Probably not. How could we know the answer to that? I just think it’s important to ask the question. How could we not be fixated? Or even better, how can we be fixated and make a change in how we are fixated?
Blessings!
Laura
LauraCohnMusic.com
http://www.LauraCohnMusic.com
Where Music Meets Artistry
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