Keeping Positive

It's amazing how the media, especially in Britain, love to focus on bad news and to try and make us feel that the world as we know it is falling apart. Prophets of doom, they are, catylists for negativity. And it's amazing, too, that the British prime minister can have a smile on his face as he tries to make out he is saving the British economy when, in fact, he is more responsible than anybody for it being in the mess it's in. Yet, when we look at the broad picture of what is happening globally, we can see it as being the karmic retribution for monstrous, excessive greed by the banks and society as a whole and utter incompetence by governments on both sides of the Atlantic. We're getting our cumuppence because we're all to blame in some way and the consumerist pack of cards is tumbling down. Hurrah, let's start again. Economies are cyclical, they go up and down and this time they're inevitably going a long way down. But we're still alive, we've got a roof over our heads and food on the table, and we've got minds and the value of our varied experiences to help us work out how we can live our lives in a more sensibly sustainable way. So, let's get it all in perspective and find a way of simplifying our lives and not living on money that isn't there. Indeed, we can see this as an opportunity for cultivating a bit of wisdom and focusing our attention on what is truly important in our lives. After all, nothing is for ever.

If we are feeling blown apart by how this economic downturn is affecting us, then we can find a way of lessening the stress by focusing on our necessities rather than our unnecessary desires. Remember, we can always change our perception of anything in order to genuinely suit our needs better. We have the ability to make choices. So, let's now make the right choices, the ones that are truly good for us and for our families and friends.

Let us also simplify our lives by cutting out what is not for our highest good. This is such a great opportunity for us to reflect deep and long on how we have been living our lives and on the changes we can create to make them more sustainable and therefore more joyful. We can cut out what we don't need. Yes, simplify.

For so many people this has become an annus horribilis. At least, thst is one way to look at it, to feel a victim and to be sorry for ourselves. Yes, we can do that. Or, instead, we can see it as an opportunity for change. Choices again. I remember during the last Asian 'crash' seeing television footage of a former millionaire Thai car dealer from Bangkok who was laughingly cleaning a car with hose, bucket and sponge in his new role as car valeter. Yes, he was staring all over again with a smile on his face... from the bottom. The human spirit can be indomitable.

So, let's laugh at the press, and at Mr Brown, and instead we just keep and open mind and remain clear-headed and deeply intuitive and know that there is always a way if we'll just allow the universe to speak to us. Trust in man-made institutions has flown out o the window because the motives have all been wrong. Instead, we need to trust ourselves and our natural power and wisdom and also to trust in the universe to guide us. Upwards and onwards... into 2009.

With love,
Wrio