It has felt more difficult recently to write a helpful post that shares insights, strategies for feeling better, and ways to raise our vibration. And, of course, that is the most important thing we can do to create what WE want in our lives, rather than passively allowing things to happen to us rather than FOR us.
“Current events,” a phrase that usually isn’t so loaded, conjures up feelings that can range from “now what” to “scary” to “terrified of what might happen next.” And those reactions, while not helpful, aren’t unreasonable at the moment. I will admit that “Theater of the Absurd” has come to mind often. 
I recently spent time with my extended family for my mom’s big birthday, and it was clear that most of my family had decided to avoid discussing anything going on in our world as a strategy for feeling better. I don’t blame them; the phrase “for my mental health” was used. And, I get it. I generally don’t bring up doom and gloom thoughts with others unless I can find at least something that is at least a bit amusing, as in, mentioning a “current event” that was one of the most “dumb a__” things that someone could do and compare it to a dumb a__ move that someone else made that has nothing to do with our current events and is at least a little bit funny.
As an example, if you are familiar with the actor Alan Ritchson, aka Reacher, from various TV action shows, you will know that he is probably the perfect example of someone you would not want to mess around with. Please look up his photo if you are unfamiliar. I saw a video on YouTube where a fairly small “unfit” neighbor tried to block Reacher’s path on the street as he rode a small motorbike of some sort. Apparently, the neighbor thought Reacher’s speed was excessive. The unfit neighbor actually put his hands on Reacher. It was actually funny. The aftermath was pretty much what you would expect, although it was clear that Reacher restrained himself at least to some extent. My immediate reaction was what a “dumb a__, who would mess with Reacher? In a somewhat analogous way, most people would not choose to mess with the Pope. This would be true whether you were Catholic, any other religion, or an atheist. It would just be a very “dumb a__” move to challenge the Pope when it comes to moral superiority or pretty much anything else. He is the Pope. Many, many people respect him. That was as far as I could go in discussing current events with anyone in my family, and I do not blame them at all. Preserving our sanity comes first. 
So, there aren’t that many off-ramps when we feel exasperated or discouraged, or even fearful about what is going on in our world right now. The people we might usually turn to for wisdom or comfort, under normal circumstances, are unavailable. Another option is to avoid exposure to “current events,” but that’s not something that feels okay to me. I’m putting more limits on what I ingest in the way of newsworthy events, but ignoring our world events and what is happening in our country doesn’t feel like a responsible option. And that’s just me. I am an American Government major and have a law degree. It would just feel irresponsible.
So, in stumbling upon a very simple quotation from Infinite Intelligence today, I thought, “Well, we at least always have this to fall back on.” And we have this wisdom not only to fall back on, but it is also the essential foundation for any of the other tools we might use to move ourselves to a place where we feel better, and where we are operating with the higher vibration that will create more of what we want in our lives.
This is simple, obvious, and true, but it is a very good foundation to lay right now. And, it’s not difficult. It’s critical.
If you can let anger subside and let fear be replaced with more hopefulness, you will easily tap into a momentum of Well-being. It will seem so easy, you will wonder why you don’t do that more often.
Abraham
In that vein, I’ve just written a new book that explores the faster-moving energy of our Universe available to us now and presents lots and lots of new ideas and strategies for using it in new and better ways. It offers hopefulness and possibly, even excitement. And yet, the suggestion of replacing anger with hopefulness is still an essential foundation.
Deciding that anger is not at all helpful to anyone, especially us, and finding things to appreciate that are ALREADY AVAILABLE is a major first step toward feeling better and creating better experiences. And, when we do that, we are also helping others to create better circumstances by demonstrating that it can be done. And that does feel good to think about.
My new book, Next-Level Manifesting—When Miracles Become the New Normal, is full of reasons to feel optimistic, hopeful, and even excited. And, it doesn’t require hard work, just a commitment to changing our perspectives when necessary and finding a silver lining even in the things we perceive as challenges and using them to our advantage.
Starting with simple, such as processing and releasing anger and finding things to appreciate, to feel hopeful about, is a great first step and will begin to change things immediately. It’s a great foundation for Next-Level Manifesting.
Stay as cool as you can for now; we are all in this together. Sending love and really, really good vibes!
