Today I am feeling grounded and calm. Practicing “allowing” is challenging, and yet, so helpful in staying calm and in the flow of things.
This art of allowing is easier in certain circumstances and harder in others. One area where I am challenged is while listening and reading the opinions of others when it comes to health care reform and President Obama. I have chosen to (for the most part) keep my opinions to myself. This is such a volatile subject and I despise arguing, so I just don’t engage.
However, I feel compelled to remind people that regardless of what your opinion is, please state it with kindness and respect. There is so much name calling and immature behavior going on right now. If you feel strongly about something and want it to be different, there are ways of going about making change that are productive. There are many ways that are not productive and will change nothing.
For instance: Calling someone names because their opinion is different from yours. Posting long, disparaging rants on FB in all capital letters. Looking for only what you perceive to be the negative in the situation instead of finding what is good about it.
We will never 100% agree with the decisions that are made by our government. However, we can still be respectful. We can either be a part of the problem or a part of the solution. If you only want to be part of the problem, my suggestion is that you keep it to yourself. If you want to be part of the solution, do what is necessary to get your opinion heard by the right people. Do what you can to get legislation changed. There are powerful ways to go about this. Ranting, name calling and blame are not ways to effect change.
This is my humble opinion. You may disagree. Please, no nasty comments about my opinion, health care legislation or the President. We are practicing “allowing”, remember?
