In this past week we have heard a lot of
reactionary views on the tragedy that happened in Paris on November 13th. People are upset and in the heat of the
moment they lash out with first impulses.
But after that initial burst of vengeful or retaliatory feelings we should
cool down and think about who we really are.
I cannot speak for other people but I
can say that I have spent this week thinking a great deal, listening to so much
on media until I got a little overwhelmed so I shut out the noise and started
listening to myself. I think this is the
lesson that I learned; turn off the news rather than be drawn into it so I don’t
hear the same things or see the same pictures over and over again until I am
whipped into a frenzy of violent emotion.
I need distance so I can hear my own thoughts and understand where my
values really lie.
At the end of the day I feel like I want
to be a good, compassionate person and that means I cannot shut the door in
someone’s face. This week in both my
theological reading and my meditation I was moved to do some additional reflection
on God. I was walking on the treadmill
and trying to come to grips with the idea of God as a Being. As part of the meditation we are working on 4
core beliefs – I am loving & loved, I am worthy, I am safe & trusting,
I am whole & fulfilled. So far so
good, I can understand these beliefs and agree with them. From there I thought “the vast majority of
people are good people, they want these same core beliefs to be the reality of
their lives”. Again, so far so
good. Now here is something I cannot
explain but for as long as I can remember my strongest belief is that good will
always, ALWAYS, triumph over evil. I may
not have one hundred percent belief in God but I do have one hundred percent
belief in Goodness.
So if this is true, and I believe it is,
then most people are good. So why should
I be afraid of them? The greatest wisdom
of the world errs on the side of goodness, fairness, compassion and peace. I’m on the side of that wisdom.
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