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yes, i find a certain level of serenity through meditation, BUT it is not as if i have **moved** to a **higher** plane of existence. as i start yet another day, way out of my routine, the one routine i have managed to accomplish over the course of the past few days, in my practice of **sitting.** for me, if i did not feel any difference, i would have stopped a long, long time ago. even when i was struggling and i did struggle for years, to get some benefit from meditation, there was HOPE that i would find what i was looking for, what my peers seemed to have found, if only i kept at it. i have been rewarded handsomely for my perseverance, as now i get a bit of quiet and balance before facing my day.
these days, it seems that every time i get on the web, all i see is fear, loathing, discontent and abusive behavior. i understand that the world has not been crafted to meet my expectations and i can also understand the pent up emotions that are being expressed on a daily basis. unlike some of my peers, i am not of the school that all sides of the conflict are “correct,” and that with a little less shouting, perhaps we could all just get along. it is interesting that the side of the argument expressing their concern about not supporting the president, were the very ones who started it all back when the country was being led by a black president. they seem to forget that they were allowed to dissent without calling down the troops. they seem to forget that they changed the makeup of the legislative bodies through gerrymandering and political tricks and do not want to pay the price for their past behaviors. the anger that the rest of society is expressing for the “way things are,” is a direct result of the divide they, themselves created.
i could go on, but i will leave politics aside for this morning and express my HOPE that out of this pandemic and emotionally charged times, something better will emerge. as i have places to be, and stuff to do, i will end my morning post to the interwebs with this thought. because i have those twenty minutes of quite each and every morning, i GET to be a little less reactive, a little more forgiving and a whole hell of a lot less angry at the stupidity and hypocrisy i encounter on a daily basis.

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