"I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra."
-Carrie Fisher, from Wishful Drinking
2016: I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in feeling that this year has been one big emotional rollercoaster ride!
On one hand, there's been a tremendous effort to increase awareness for the need to heal our home, Earth. Movies like "Before the Flood" and TV series like "Years of Living Dangerously" are becoming more mainstream than ever. One of my favorites out now is "Mars" on NatGeo. We have certainly expanded our minds to possibilities that were considered merely sci-fi not too long ago.
Then on the other, we had to say goodbye to many beloved public figures, like Muhammad Ali, David Bowie, Prince, Nancy Reagan and, this week, George Michael, Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds.
We also had more acts of violence and terror, as well as more acts of kindness, unity, spiritual growth and healing. You're welcome to refer to my previous blog that I wrote in November as well.
We even had a Supermoon! How cool was that?!
It gets more interesting. Read on...
We even had a Supermoon! How cool was that?!
It gets more interesting. Read on...
Then there was the election here in the US. It reflects our nation's state of consciousness as a whole. Of course, this is not without the collective influences of the world. One could even go to the extent to say that it is a tipping point marker to where mankind will go from here. Since everything happens for a reason, there is a reason for what happened to have happened, even if it is beyond our understanding as a human.
I, for one, was not happy with the results. Even so, the negativity I experienced didn't penetrate me so deeply, as it would have only a few years ago. I'm not saying I'm some type of guru, being above all the outcries people expressed thereafter. I was just quite surprised I wasn't so completely consumed with outrage. Perhaps it's the surrender in trying to control what I can't in order to make room in my heart for what I can. After all, when was the last time a POTUS directly affected your life in a dramatic fashion? And if they did, was it something you could have controlled? I would say most likely not.
As we go forward to 2017, I have this strange intuition that there is an order to what is unfolding. I would like to think that it is for the greater good. Just hope the human race is part of that plan. May The Force be with you, always.
