What is going on?
I read my friends' statuses. I talk to my family. My inner circle of friends all seem to be in the same boat. The stress that we seem to be under is crippling. The strongest people I know are cracking under the pressure. What the hell, man?
We all seem to be vibrating, as a society, and don't tell me it isn't compounding to the energies around us. We all have an energy about us and so many of us seem to be in a bad space right now. And not just a "bad space" but at very real breaking points.
I understand that we all have bad days; sometimes a few in a row. But when you call a friend, crying; when you consider quitting a rewarding job; when you consider ending a marriage or a long-term relationship; when you start asking the question "what is it all for" and you can no longer find the answer and when that comes from nearly everyone you talk to...you gotta wonder if there is more at play here than a bad day.
I don't want to list names, or air anyone's laundry, but each person I have interacted with over the last few weeks has a level of anxiety about them, that is not character of their nature. Even I am experiencing levels of anxiety (which I usually have no tendencies toward) over the most mundane things. I feel for us all. Life is too short to feel crippled by anxiety, fear, stress and feeling not in control of our lives.
I'm going to sound like a New Age freak here for a second. Bear with me:
The Year of the Dragon, back in 2012, was a life-changing year for me. I am, in Chinese astrology, a Dragon. It was a year of growth and confidence and kickin ass and takin names. It was a year of many successes, though not without hardship and a year of moving forward. I think the years your sign aligns with you, are very positive. Now, I'm not an astrologist and I don't believe the cosmos are the be-all-end-all. They're very vague but I do think they can serve as an idea of where things might go. That's not my point, though. My point is that I read this stuff every year. For example, I was reading this year a bit about the year of the Horse and how it might affect the Dragon. And I read different things and pulled the common threads. I also read about Sagittarius in 2014 from numerous different sources, pulling common threads again. I also read about Cancer and Pisces, and Leo and Aquarius; all of them. I want to know about my relationships around me. I always look up Sagittarius and Cancer together, because of myself and T. And it's also fun to look at it from my sister's perspective, because her relationship is also Sagittarius-Cancer. I look up my sisters, their spouses, my parents, my kids, my close friends and T.'s mom. I digress. The common threads that showed up in a majority of my readings was that the first half of this year, regardless of what sign you are, in what culture you look at, (Indian, Chinese, Greek, whatever) is going to be hard! And again, let me just state the fact that I am not crazy and I really don't put a lot of weight into this, but I think it is both interesting and highly ironic that a great many publications listed the common thread that the first few months of this year (regardless of sign) were going to be a struggle.
Personally, I don't wake up thinking "Day 38 of 181...143 to go before we have improvement! Yay!" Frankly, the above is a perception and not an educated explanation. Astrology to me, is interesting, but I have not the time nor the money, nor ambition enough to call myself an astrologist or a psychic or anything like that. But if you believe in the energies of positive and negative and putting energies into the Universe and feeling the energies of those around you, isn't it all that more reason to keep your own energies positive?
Be good to yourself. Meditate and center yourself. Cleanse your spirit. Surround yourself with positive people and positive things. Light a candle or burn some oil or light some incense. Put your phone on silent and leave it in the car for an hour while you take some time for yourself. Lock yourself in a room or in the bathroom and take a bubble bath, with some soothing music or a good book and spend time recharging. Feel yourself breathe and exhale all tension and negative thoughts and brain-noise, and inhale nothing but positive thoughts. Relax your furrowed brow, release the shoulder/back tension and go limp. Cry if you want. Hum to yourself if it makes you feel better. Let yourself be present in the now. Remember you are loved. And then emerge, refreshed and go have a glass of wine. Or a bottle... who am I to judge?
I read my friends' statuses. I talk to my family. My inner circle of friends all seem to be in the same boat. The stress that we seem to be under is crippling. The strongest people I know are cracking under the pressure. What the hell, man?
We all seem to be vibrating, as a society, and don't tell me it isn't compounding to the energies around us. We all have an energy about us and so many of us seem to be in a bad space right now. And not just a "bad space" but at very real breaking points.
I understand that we all have bad days; sometimes a few in a row. But when you call a friend, crying; when you consider quitting a rewarding job; when you consider ending a marriage or a long-term relationship; when you start asking the question "what is it all for" and you can no longer find the answer and when that comes from nearly everyone you talk to...you gotta wonder if there is more at play here than a bad day.
I don't want to list names, or air anyone's laundry, but each person I have interacted with over the last few weeks has a level of anxiety about them, that is not character of their nature. Even I am experiencing levels of anxiety (which I usually have no tendencies toward) over the most mundane things. I feel for us all. Life is too short to feel crippled by anxiety, fear, stress and feeling not in control of our lives.
I'm going to sound like a New Age freak here for a second. Bear with me:
The Year of the Dragon, back in 2012, was a life-changing year for me. I am, in Chinese astrology, a Dragon. It was a year of growth and confidence and kickin ass and takin names. It was a year of many successes, though not without hardship and a year of moving forward. I think the years your sign aligns with you, are very positive. Now, I'm not an astrologist and I don't believe the cosmos are the be-all-end-all. They're very vague but I do think they can serve as an idea of where things might go. That's not my point, though. My point is that I read this stuff every year. For example, I was reading this year a bit about the year of the Horse and how it might affect the Dragon. And I read different things and pulled the common threads. I also read about Sagittarius in 2014 from numerous different sources, pulling common threads again. I also read about Cancer and Pisces, and Leo and Aquarius; all of them. I want to know about my relationships around me. I always look up Sagittarius and Cancer together, because of myself and T. And it's also fun to look at it from my sister's perspective, because her relationship is also Sagittarius-Cancer. I look up my sisters, their spouses, my parents, my kids, my close friends and T.'s mom. I digress. The common threads that showed up in a majority of my readings was that the first half of this year, regardless of what sign you are, in what culture you look at, (Indian, Chinese, Greek, whatever) is going to be hard! And again, let me just state the fact that I am not crazy and I really don't put a lot of weight into this, but I think it is both interesting and highly ironic that a great many publications listed the common thread that the first few months of this year (regardless of sign) were going to be a struggle.
Personally, I don't wake up thinking "Day 38 of 181...143 to go before we have improvement! Yay!" Frankly, the above is a perception and not an educated explanation. Astrology to me, is interesting, but I have not the time nor the money, nor ambition enough to call myself an astrologist or a psychic or anything like that. But if you believe in the energies of positive and negative and putting energies into the Universe and feeling the energies of those around you, isn't it all that more reason to keep your own energies positive?
Be good to yourself. Meditate and center yourself. Cleanse your spirit. Surround yourself with positive people and positive things. Light a candle or burn some oil or light some incense. Put your phone on silent and leave it in the car for an hour while you take some time for yourself. Lock yourself in a room or in the bathroom and take a bubble bath, with some soothing music or a good book and spend time recharging. Feel yourself breathe and exhale all tension and negative thoughts and brain-noise, and inhale nothing but positive thoughts. Relax your furrowed brow, release the shoulder/back tension and go limp. Cry if you want. Hum to yourself if it makes you feel better. Let yourself be present in the now. Remember you are loved. And then emerge, refreshed and go have a glass of wine. Or a bottle... who am I to judge?
