Sad spring

It's been a sad spring with wave after wave of bad news. Lots of friends leaving this plane, the Gulf Deepwater oil spill, the Obama administration and the Supreme Court upholding Bush-era civil rights infringements.  I have an even firmer conviction that action must be carried out at an individual level. Leaders on a broad level are so inundated with bad news, bad action, and fear, that they are unable to act. I can personally testify to the wonderful effect that individual action has. Have you ever arrived at Grandma's and find her house needs a cleaning, a coat of paint, and the garden weeded? If it's just you, good luck, but if you have a large family, or a big group of friends or neighbors you know -- hey! It might just take one afternoon to spruce things up. Likewise, a lot of us at the individual level are feeling very overwhelmed and fearful. Take heart. It is very important right now to calm oneself (use Bach remedies or Traditional Chinese medicine if you need to), to look inside, and ask oneself, what is the very best, most highest action I can take for myself and the world? If we all take a moment to do this, and then act, we are tapping into our higher, group self which knows what to do. Make no mistake, things are very dire, but we still have a chance to complete ourselves at the higher vibration, and do some good for the world.