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A Resolute 2017

1/3/2017

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Happy 2017! How has it been so far?

​Last week, I saw many people on social media wishing 2016 “good riddance,” expressing their disappointment with the events of the year. Whether it was celebrity deaths, personal struggles and heartache or a US election going awry, folks seemed eager to move forward into 2017.

I wish I were feeling that way. Instead, I noticed myself last week dreading the approaching calendar change. I was carrying with me (and still am to a lesser degree) a sense of impending trouble, an unease and awareness of things getting worse before they get better. I know it is coming from my discomfort and disquiet over the incoming political administration and what damage they might do to our beautiful Earth, what injury they might inflict upon vulnerable people, what harm they might do to our systems of democracy. In some ways, I think it is good to walk into trouble with eyes open.

At the same time, living from a place of fear and unease will only serve to hinder my journey. Just like with any relationship, if we focus our attention on the shortcomings and flaws, we undermine the potential to flourish.

The question I have been bouncing around in my head the last few days is this:

How do I stay in the fray of advocating for my democracy and the principles that I hold dear, without losing myself to the fear of a new landscape and an unknown future?

This morning, I am finding my answer in the winter branches outside my window. The skeletal outlines hold perfectly still against the cold, cloud-filled morning sky. In their stark nakedness, they seem frail and vulnerable. And they also seem resolute - even with only the promise of longer days.

I want to stand resolute like those trees. I want to be rooted in my own inner wisdom and reaching out into the cold gray of this day (this era) toward what is possible, what is promised.

For now, I begin with what is present: the stark beauty of a winter morning.

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What has the threshold of the New Year been like for you? How might you be intentional as you move forward into 2017?

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3 Comments
Jenny
1/3/2017 02:19:35 pm

I have been feeling like you - a bit of dragging my feet in dread of crossing the threshold into the new year. I have had these moments at various times during and after the election. It is a different feeling than any type of anxiety or fear I have ever felt. Invariably that day or the next there is an uncomfortable or alarming news story. So I have decided to sit with the feeling when it arises and PRAY. Because I believe the feeling is a warning of things occurring that are bigger than me and not to be ignored. But then accompanying this is the strangest feeling of peace- that all is well and all shall be well. ( to paraphrase Julian of Norwich.) Maybe your tree analogy explains it- how does the fully leaved tree endure the stripping away of the season of Autumn? And does it, in your words stand"resolute" in the emptiness of winter, bare and naked knowing with great confidence that spring is on the way? Yet there is good reason to enter the winter season with a bit of trepidation it seems to me- to be on guard, to be ready to defend life, and then in spring to be able to release this and assent to new growth. My goodness I have certainly gone on and on in this comment. My fingers just would not stop typing.

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Jessica
1/3/2017 09:02:18 pm

I love your imagery, Jenny. And I think your idea of sitting with the feelings is just the right call. Things shift when we allow space for what is present. Thanks for putting your thoughts into words here.

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Pierre M link
11/23/2023 03:56:54 am

Great post thaank you

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