Whatever is going on in our lives, I believe it always helps
if we try to look at things in as positive a way as we can.
The world is going through a time which could be termed `an
initiation`, or an opportunity for a global change of outlook. I have heard it
likened to what it was like in the second world war when life changed for so
many people. (I was born just after the war ended, but I still remember dried
bananas and my mum talking about what it was like trying to make things out of
powdered eggs! )
I think one of the positive things which happened during the
war, was that everyone was drawn together in a much closer way. Social barriers
were broken down and people helped one another more than ever before. Now, with
the Corona Virus, although we are `socially distancing` there is a growing
feeling of `we are all in this together - we must help one another.` People are
freely volunteering to look out for the vulnerable, to do their shopping, check
they are OK etc.
Chatting together about this, my son, Michael, (who is now
on a `work at home` regime as so many people are,) showed me the list he had
written of positive outcomes:
Benefits for the environment (e.g. even dolphins and swans
reappearing in Venice canals)
Vast improvement in air quality (e.g. statistics that the
number of people in China who would not now die of air pollution far exceeds
the number dying from the virus).
Far less crime
Families coming closer together
More people thinking more of others and helping in the
community.
So there are still many things to feel happy and positive
about as we go forward into spring time, and our positive thoughts and feelings
help our personal well being, and everyone around us!
As always, there is
so much encouragement in White Eagle`s wise words:
'We see a beautiful shining light that is beyond the clouds,
and so we bring you this message of hope.....All will be well. Have no fear.
Give your trust, that is all. Trust and have courage. The tests you are called
upon to undergo have their bright side and the cloud has not just a silver
lining, but even a golden one!` (from 'Seeking Serenity').
