Ripples

Morning conversation with self.

Things are really bad right now, and getting worse. I’m just one person, there’s nothing I can do about it. I feel helpless and depressed.

I could give five bucks to someone on the street who’s asking for help. It really will make a difference to them.

I wish I could make an impact, but it’s just me. I can’t do enough.

I could be kind to someone who usually annoys me. They might not notice, because they’re still a very annoying person, but it’ll have an impact on me.

I would do something if I could, but I just feel so powerless. What can one person really do?

I can decide what it is I want to offer to the world. Will I wake up choosing kindness or violence? Compassion or confrontation? I decide.

It doesn’t matter what I choose, it doesn’t make any difference to the big picture. I don’t make any difference.

I send ripples out into the energetic stream surrounding us, and those ripples help determine the direction of the river. Like ripples combine with like. Be a kind ripple.

It’s hard to stay positive when there’s so much hatred floating around.

Yes, it is. Do it anyway, because the alternative is unthinkable. Do it as an act of resistance. Do it to be non-cooperative.

And for heaven’s sake, take the dogs out for a walk!