Day 87: The End and The Beginning
In an open invitation to celebrate the day, Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, explained that
"the Mayan calendar's 21 of December is the end of the non-time and the
beginning of time. It is the end of the Macha and the beginning of the
Pacha, the end of selfishness and the beginning of brotherhood, it is
the end of individualism and the beginning of collectivism."
And continued, "The scientists know very well that this marks the end of an anthropocentric life and the beginning of a bio-centric life. It is the end of hatred and the beginning of love, the end of lies and beginning of truth. It is the end of sadness and the beginning of happiness, it is the end of division and the beginning of unity, and this is a theme to be developed. That is why we invite all of you, those of you who bet on mankind, we invite those who want to share their experiences for the benefit of mankind."
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/21
Reading this made me so happy today. Happy, and hopeful. It has felt like there has been a significant amount of negativity and tragedy in our world lately. From small, day-to-day interactions to larger scale news, I've been feeling pretty overwhelmed and at a loss for words.
There has been a lot of talk lately about WHY things happen. And WHAT we should do differently. Unfortunately, all this talk is focusing on the bigger, "out there" kind of stuff. A lot of discussion on what the government should do or what the schools should do or what big organizations should do.
But until we, as individuals, make a commitment to change how we do things every day, none of the big stuff will happen - and more importantly - won't change our world. Let's not forget the we, as individuals, compose all those bigger entities.
I will admit that it's not easy to change your attitude, perspective and habits. But the first step is simply realizing there is an opportunity to change and grow. The next step is to make improvements wherever and whenever you can. Following that, is simply building on your momentum.
Today is the Winter Solstice, and also the shortest day of the year. So as we've been getting closer to this day, our hours of sunlight have been decreasing and hours of darkness increasing. But now that we're here, we can look forward to only increasing our hours of light. Kind of like, when you've hit rock bottom, there's no where to go but up.
My hope is that the end of this time period is like that, which would explain why it feels like things are getting worse (darker) before they begin to get better (lighter).
And continued, "The scientists know very well that this marks the end of an anthropocentric life and the beginning of a bio-centric life. It is the end of hatred and the beginning of love, the end of lies and beginning of truth. It is the end of sadness and the beginning of happiness, it is the end of division and the beginning of unity, and this is a theme to be developed. That is why we invite all of you, those of you who bet on mankind, we invite those who want to share their experiences for the benefit of mankind."
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/21
Reading this made me so happy today. Happy, and hopeful. It has felt like there has been a significant amount of negativity and tragedy in our world lately. From small, day-to-day interactions to larger scale news, I've been feeling pretty overwhelmed and at a loss for words.
There has been a lot of talk lately about WHY things happen. And WHAT we should do differently. Unfortunately, all this talk is focusing on the bigger, "out there" kind of stuff. A lot of discussion on what the government should do or what the schools should do or what big organizations should do.
But until we, as individuals, make a commitment to change how we do things every day, none of the big stuff will happen - and more importantly - won't change our world. Let's not forget the we, as individuals, compose all those bigger entities.
I will admit that it's not easy to change your attitude, perspective and habits. But the first step is simply realizing there is an opportunity to change and grow. The next step is to make improvements wherever and whenever you can. Following that, is simply building on your momentum.
Today is the Winter Solstice, and also the shortest day of the year. So as we've been getting closer to this day, our hours of sunlight have been decreasing and hours of darkness increasing. But now that we're here, we can look forward to only increasing our hours of light. Kind of like, when you've hit rock bottom, there's no where to go but up.
My hope is that the end of this time period is like that, which would explain why it feels like things are getting worse (darker) before they begin to get better (lighter).
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