Every action makes a difference
I am confounded about how technology can be totally fine one instant and then go to hell the next.
I am confounded about how technology can be totally fine one instant and then go to hell the next.
Last Tuesday I went to bed with all electronics performing just fine, thank you very much. When I arose on Wednesday, our modem/router, cellular coverage and cell phones all decided to take a hiatus. Therefore, I spent much of the next two days on phone calls and chat boards (such as I could) searching for solutions and attempting to enlist support. If you’ve ever been stuck on hold for 82 minutes accompanied only by an automated voice repetitively saying, “We value your service, the next available representative will be with you shortly,” you relate to my pain.
Anyway, that’s a long preamble to say thank you for the concern about my absence last week. I’m not retiring.
It’s difficult enough for most of us to break from the cyberworld. For me, income, entertainment, even relationships revolve essentially around being able to stay in touch via the www. In “normal” times, being off-line presents enough complications; in this pandemic, quarantined, socially distant, isolated realm, it’s even more problematic. It did however, give me extra time to ponder where we’re going and to that end, I’ve updated a column I wrote several years ago.
As of today, in May 2020, worldmeters.info’s world population clock says there are 7,784,226,613 sharing this small blue, water covered rock as it traverses its solar orbit at 67,000 miles per hour. I know undoubtedly that these individuals are of all ages, unlimited principles and an unfathomable range of colors, shapes and sizes. I know that there are countless other life forms to whom Earth is also home.
I know that we all arrived from the same source and that we’re all going to end up in the same place; it is only the paths we take that differ.
I believe that each and every life is connected to each other via a greater, unseen — yet still very existent — domain of energy in which we are all interlocked and inseparable. Some might call It “God” or “Universe” or “Spirit.” It matters not It’s name; too often we fight over what to call It while missing It’s concepts. I furthermore believe that science and spiritually are not mutually exclusive, rather they complement each other.
I believe that Mother Earth — “Gaia” — herself is also a sentient entity, interwoven with and through all life, and together we and she influence each other. We are yet too underdeveloped to understand completely that relationship, and cannot do so any more than a bacterium living in my gut can have a concept that its survival depends on another living being of which it is oblivious.
I know that when one pitches a rock into the ocean, sea level must indeed rise to accommodate the increase in volume, yet I concede that it is such an insignificant amount compared to the ocean’s vast volume that it’s beneath our ability to gauge. In that same manner, I trust that since we are integrated with Gaia and each other, that any actions in which we engage not only affect us, but also every other being — as well as this planet — even if we don’t perceive that impact.
I am convinced that every being aspires to a fulfilling, satisfying, healthy, prosperous life, in whatever definitions those are for that individual. I believe that — despite sad evidence appearing contrary (such as screaming at each other about masks) — when left to our natural tendencies, humans are beings of boundless love and talent who seek out methods to support, rather than harm, each other — a trait desperately needed right now. I know and believe that we all love deeply and care about our families, friends and others, and we’re all doing as well as we can with what we have, muddling through life one step at time, attempting to navigate the best way forward.
Because I know these facts and have these values, I know we will emerge from this dark period into a future where we live in harmony with our inner desires, our neighbors of all species on this planet and even that Life Source from Mother Earth and beyond. I still hang tight to an image when the norm is compassion and kindness, and the concept of “might makes right” is equated with outdated notions akin to stoning witches and sacrificing virgins.
I believe that this will still someday happen. I believe that each deed, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant during this pandemic, is therefore affecting that outcome even as I write this. I believe thoughts lead to actions and every action makes a difference.
Understanding all this,
I know that this better world surrounds us right now if we seek it out and share it.
Stay healthy. Be well. Help each other. Thank our front line.
Scott “Q” Marcus is a professional speaker and founder of www. ThisTimeIMeanIt.com, where he can be contacted for coaching, consulting, and presentations. During this social distancing period, he is conducting monthly online workshops on setting goals and getting past what holds you back, Find out more at www.ThisTimeIMeanIt. com/intentions.