Unflappable
This afternoon,
I was sitting in contemplation of a situation that pretty much anyone
who has been indoctrinated into Difficult World (and that's anyone who
was reared on Planet Earth lately) would find scary. I don't really
want to discuss the details, but I'm guessing there are few folks who
wouldn't have their Difficult World Dictator jumping up and down,
frantically waving on a constant basis, trying to hijack their energy
and focus into fear in light of such circumstances. In fact, I'm quite
sure there are millions of people experiencing this right now.
So, as I was saying, I was relaxing and thinking about the (potentially) scary thing and I was in total peace about it. No fear. No apprehension. No passion about it whatever. I even felt hopeful about it with no concrete reason to. And the DWD couldn't stand that! It shouted, "Hey, wait a minute! You're CRAZY if you're not afraid. You HAVE to be afraid or you don't get to be a bona fide member of the human race. You have to DO SOMETHING PRACTICAL TO CHANGE THIS!!! NOW!!! I don't care if you're inspired to or not! Something, ANYTHING!!! It's IRRESPONSIBLE OF YOU TO NOT BE AFRAID!!!"
Really?
And my spontaneous (this is progress!), Easy World response was a smile, a calm, deep breath, and
So, as I was saying, I was relaxing and thinking about the (potentially) scary thing and I was in total peace about it. No fear. No apprehension. No passion about it whatever. I even felt hopeful about it with no concrete reason to. And the DWD couldn't stand that! It shouted, "Hey, wait a minute! You're CRAZY if you're not afraid. You HAVE to be afraid or you don't get to be a bona fide member of the human race. You have to DO SOMETHING PRACTICAL TO CHANGE THIS!!! NOW!!! I don't care if you're inspired to or not! Something, ANYTHING!!! It's IRRESPONSIBLE OF YOU TO NOT BE AFRAID!!!"
Really?
And my spontaneous (this is progress!), Easy World response was a smile, a calm, deep breath, and
I tell the dwd....dude, what you fear will come upon you and your are acting like you are a part of me. Your not..so back the hell off - NOW! I will have nothing come upon me that is FEAR CREATED....Besides..the perfect and highest for all solution to the thing you want me to be so afraid of... already exists.. so stop acting like you got this all figured out. ( to the dwd )
Have a good trip in Michigan Julia! I read your blog and love the message you give!
Thanks for stopping by and taking time to comment, Cynthia! Though I find that "getting into it" with the DWD is not normally an effective strategy for moving back to Easy World, every now and then, it helps to blow off steam and clear the pipe!
Thanks for the well-wishes for our trip, and would you believe at lunch today, my friend offered to loan me her GPS?!