There are times when one awakens to a truth you are awareof, but now with more meaning

I have been stressed with our national dichotomy, our inability to confront the implications of global warming, the lack of concern for those without sufficient resources to live without wondering whether they can survive the lack of food and shelter. I realize that I am not alone, but this is not helpful knowing that we who are in agreement cannot remedy these issues ourselves.

I have regular video conferences with a a former colleague of the Veterans Administration. The most recent one focused on my concerns expressed above. And a new understanding left me with a sense of peace.

Knowing that my age will spare me from the ramifications of my concerns, I focused on my family, my children and grandchildren. I thought of their world impaired by global warming. I thought of the peoples throughout the world being forced to leave their nation to a place that will allow them to grow food and have shelter. I considered what it would be like living with the average temperature reaching a mark that was uncomfortable regularly. I worried about their well-being, given these morbid conditions are the soil of violence.

My conversation shifted by outlook significantly. Considering the principles of evolution, we are at a stage that we can see our world evolves toward the ultimate point of its disintegration. Surely, this point is way in the future, eons beyond the lives of my grandchildren. Yet, they will experience the changes as steps to its ultimate demise. 

While this sounds horrific, it has made the present inability to come to terms with the implications of what we are experiencing less exacerbating. I will continue to urge changes to prevent earthly disaster, but now I can at least understand that my voice and those who share my view did our best. It just was not enough!

And so, I sink into a peace of Living in the Moment. This moment happens to be one of many where I am personally loved and where I can share my love with others. In this moment, I am fortunate to look out my front windows and see the beautiful ocean, albeit with occasional severe storms. I live in a community that is peaceful and friendly. 

And while my belief system has evolved, I do believe in the Divine Spirit underlying their entire cosmos. Mother Earth may not survive, but some other planet could become home to another intellegent species. It will ultimately be good.

I am at peace!