Day 14
In the wake of yesterday's tragedy in Paris, I am finding it hard to find something to be thankful for. I know there are many things, but all I can think of is how those poor people went out into the beautiful Paris evening and now they're gone, because of the hateful acts of others.
Along this journey, one of the chakra meditations explained that we must go in love, even towards those with so much hate in their hearts, but how? I choose to look to the resilient human spirit.
Human spirit you ask? Yes, the man waving the people on the roof of the theater into his attic and into safety, or the Parisians singing the French national anthem in their subway tunnels waving the French flag. Let us also be grateful for those who survived. It is they who will bring awareness to this horrible act against France and will remind people that the human spirit, though often fragile, is a hard thing to break.
Terrorists believe their way is the right way, but while their violence can be overwhelming, it also brings people together. It unites them as one. Attack one person and you have assaulted thousands. Millions, if you consider the distances that television/the news reaches. People banding together to show solidarity against an act against humanity.
So I guess that is it. I am grateful for the human spirit and its resilience in the face of adversity.
Until tomorrow...(and everyday), tell those you love that you love them, even if it becomes a ritual after a phone call, because we might live in the moment, but as this world reminds us, the next moment isn't always guaranteed.
#peaceforParis ❤️🇫🇷💙
In the wake of yesterday's tragedy in Paris, I am finding it hard to find something to be thankful for. I know there are many things, but all I can think of is how those poor people went out into the beautiful Paris evening and now they're gone, because of the hateful acts of others.
Along this journey, one of the chakra meditations explained that we must go in love, even towards those with so much hate in their hearts, but how? I choose to look to the resilient human spirit.
Human spirit you ask? Yes, the man waving the people on the roof of the theater into his attic and into safety, or the Parisians singing the French national anthem in their subway tunnels waving the French flag. Let us also be grateful for those who survived. It is they who will bring awareness to this horrible act against France and will remind people that the human spirit, though often fragile, is a hard thing to break.
Terrorists believe their way is the right way, but while their violence can be overwhelming, it also brings people together. It unites them as one. Attack one person and you have assaulted thousands. Millions, if you consider the distances that television/the news reaches. People banding together to show solidarity against an act against humanity.
So I guess that is it. I am grateful for the human spirit and its resilience in the face of adversity.
Until tomorrow...(and everyday), tell those you love that you love them, even if it becomes a ritual after a phone call, because we might live in the moment, but as this world reminds us, the next moment isn't always guaranteed.
#peaceforParis ❤️🇫🇷💙
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