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a million “loved ones” in the United States alone. We may not have personally lost a loved one, but every person who died was someone’s loved one. Someone felt the devastating loss. What about those who didn’t die but have been damaged by COVID and its aftermath. The cataclysmic loss they suffered may be in the form of loss of employ - ment or the radical change of employment… perhaps moving from being financially stable to being homeless. Or it may have been felt in one’s health being compromised — from being strong and healthy to being physically weak, emotionally challenged and dependent on others. How can we wrap ourselves around such things that may not have happened to us personally yet have happened in our communi- ty? How are we to respond? Within our communities we have refugees displaced from their re- spective homelands. People have lost all the pieces of their lives, even their identity requiring they completely start over. How open are our hearts to truly embrace and support them? Some people view refugees’ relocation to their communities as a disruption. How are we called to ease the journeys of those in major transition? Nature is the most common deliverer of catastrophes: hurricanes, earthquakes, open range and forest fires all strike indiscriminately, often without warning, totally altering people’s lives. The potential fof cataclysmic change is all around us. It always has been, and undoubt- edly always will be. How flexible and adaptable are you? How do you respond to the needs of others? In Ecclesiastes, in the Judeo-Christian Bible, we are advised that there is “A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up.” Within these major life events, our old ways of being have been “killed” opening us to new possibilities — ways we never dreamt we might experience when we were blinded by our old ways. Now is our chance. Now is the time to be born anew — to make new decisions that birth our new lives. Knowing you have within you, right now, the power to totally change your life, what changes might you entertain? Now is our time to heal. Now is our time of reconciliation. Now is our time to learn new ways of communicating. Now is our time to build up — to exhibit compassion. This is the time to recognize One - ness. We begin by honestly evaluating what we believe we have lost, and deciding how we are going to be with the new circumstances that are presenting themselves. When the world no longer resembles the world we have known, it is time to draw on Divine Creativity — that resourceful spark residing in each of us. Solutions abound within us, and it is up to us to give them voice. We are the bridge builders spanning the chasms. It’s time to use the healing power of Love to reconcile breeches of relationships and chaos in our communities. Here are some questions to ask yourself to become clear about what really matters to you. ● Do you value your relationships or your opinions more? Are you okay if no one else shares your opinion? Are you okay allowing others to have their own opinions? Are you willing to hold your opinions loosely so you can hear and feel the opinions of others? ● Do you want to be a catalyst — a healing presence in the world? Are you willing to listen to others to learn why they think what they think? Are you willing to share without trying to convince others?
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