Making plans

If anger is like heaping hot coals into the wind, then bitterness is an ever-present ember.

Much has happened in which many could feel anger, if not bitterness. But anger is such an interesting emotion because when one feels anger, we desire to fling that emotion onto others. And yet I have always found that... it is the self that becomes enraged.

Moreover, I find that it is far more destructive to the self to imbue the psyche, the sense, the soul, the day-to-day with bitterness because bitterness... bitterness is like an ember. It's ever-present, and its destruction can be found in the lives of others.

For bitterness, unlike anger, doesn't burn away. Anger, you can flare up and then come to your senses. But bitterness, bitterness is hard to extinguish.

And describing anger and bitterness is important because the actions of others are their own. And we treat people with our morals, our values, not theirs.

And yet, when we find ourselves with leadership that is imbued with bitterness and anger, it casts a long shadow on everyone under it.

And I think many of us find it hard to contemplate a society in which a reality TV show host and a former anchor of a morning show are tasked with leading, for they are not imbued with the qualities of wisdom, fortitude, or vision.

But fear, which turns to anger, and the desire to prove, which turns to bitterness. And like many, as we see their handiwork around the world, we might be tempted to taste the bitterness and the anger in which they perpetuate.

But I find that, or rather, this is an opportunity... I always think about what can be the uptick. What is the most positive thing? Because it's the “unthought” of thing. And this is an opportunity. We're on the precipice. And we are choosing who we want to be. Not only as a country, but because of the interconnectedness of our countries and our world. Who we want to be As a global united front, what world do we want to leave behind?

And I think that we have the opportunity to make a plan for a better place. That is what I think this time is for. Because we can't stop bitterness, anger, and the need for validation. Those are things that we cannot engage with, but what we can do is make plans.

And so, how do you make plans without imbuing yourself with the radical, bitter, angry, poor qualities in which the plans are necessary to make?

How do you create when it is necessary to plan, because you're in it, in the thick of the woods; when you need to escape the woods, that means you're in the woods.

So how do you plan without taking part?

Creating space to release what is not necessary and accessing the part that is needed for now.

That's what I've been meditating on this morning.