SADNESS FOR UNEXPERIENCED JOY

     Sometimes it's just appropriate to feel sad. There is so much waste and misunderstanding in the world, so much hurt and cruelty, so much deception and rage. The sadness I feel is for the loss of potentiality for the way things could be. Individuals get stuck, utterly stuck, in a wrong way of seeing that imprisons the spirit and blocks the light. We all know people like that, people living behind bars of their own making. And any of us would be hard pressed to help them understand the situation they are in and free themselves. It's beyond them. They are too busy pointing fingers and blaming the world. They are miserable and it's our fault.
     I've tried all kinds of approaches, but in the end there seems nothing for it but to keep on loving these people and living in the light ourselves. We cannot bring them peace or show them their error. We cannot make them see the world differently than they see it; that change has to come from inside of them. We can smile and forgive and have compassion and send out prayers. We can refuse to take ownership of the polluted thoughts they try to send our way. We can be pleasant, but stay on guard.
     Still, it's sad. I want everyone to experience the joy of living. I want everyone to breathe in the air of this beautiful earth and feel the love and share the hope and laugh with silliness and dance just because.

 I believe that change is possible for even the darkest of souls, but know that it doesn't happen for everyone. I work on my own light and share the love I have.