Brenda Lane
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The Dance
Approaching the new season with compassion, resilience and peace at the top of the personal to-do list. If this means going on a social media fast, and avoiding news outlets and celebrity gossip, go for it. Not forever, but think of it as a mental cleanse.
Turn the phone back into a phone for a bit. With all of the recent talk about AI, and its varying degrees of scariness, and how it will take over our lives and disrupt our relationships with other humans...isn't that sort of already happening with our over engagement with the anonymous masses via social media and various news sites? We are potentially already interacting with bots regularly, and consuming information that has been curated for us via AI. It's here, and has been for many years.
And it's a lot. Maybe too much.
And guess what? Right now, this very moment, outside there is so much going on. Bulbs are pushing their shoots boldly through the soil, beautiful pink buds are visible on our fruit trees. The birds are back! The vivid green of fresh grass is punctuating the deep moss in my lawn. It's alternately raining, hailing and sunshining brilliantly outside.
Is it as simple as going outside and taking a walk to actually feel better? YES! I think it is. Notice everything that you used to notice when you were a kid. Ants scurrying from a random tiny hole in the pavement. The wonder of teeny dandelions so successfully planting themselves in the gutter. Now look up. Look at the clouds. With your 10 year old eyes. See the shapes. Notice which way the wind is blowing. Listen. Identify at least two birdsongs.
You are an integral part of all that you see, feel and experience, your presence makes you a part of this ballet. Your role is a choice, and your stage is this entire beautiful world. xo
One Love.xo