Stories

        So many stories have a different ending than what we'd like. Some leave us hanging in the air wondering what happens to the characters, some end with little explanation, and some have endings which are unexpected. It is like life. We want to have the story of our life tied up in neat chapters with a progressive theme and a happy ending. We don't like it when the story becomes interrupted or veers off in a direction that we hadn't planned. We feel that we are out of control and that makes us uneasy. We're so locked into a structured existence, a daily plan, a beginning and an ending for each day that is forseen, yet that is not what is happening in our lives at this time. We have had our lives interrupted and have found ourselves feeling different emotions than what our normal life has brought us. How do we cope with this? What should we do? First, take a breath. That's it, a very simple thing, just take a breath.and let it out. Feel the release of the moment, feel the minor shifting of thought. What could be easier? When things get too much around you and you find yourself getting too intense, too worried, too frightened, just take a breath and let it go. Take several with the intent of releasing tension.

        In unstructured times we have to have extra balance. We have to make sure that we do not fall prey to fear. Fear is insidious; it can come quietly and weave itself into a cloud of doubt and build until it becomes a ball of unsureness and worry. It can cause us to doubt our safety and shake the foundation of our life as certainly as if the structure was shifting from side to side. It is important that individuals strengthen their own foundation, whether that person is a single or in a family. Each individual needs to feel, first, that their 'structure' is strong before there is the thought of helping strengthen another. As we help each other, we will become stronger, as we work together to support each other, we can give another the opportunity to have a listener, a shoulder to cry on, or someone to share with in an accepting way. It is this pulling together, this banding together of calmer individuals that will carry forth a balancing energy that will affect others. Watch that fear doesn't become your daily companion.