By Maryanna Gabriel
For no reason last night, I found myself awake and listening. To the silence. Then a rumble. Like a train coming down the tracks. The rumble got louder. The next thing I knew the entire house shook. And then it was over. Or was it? The wait and see. More? Not. After a few minutes I researched the magnitude. It was a 4.0. That's getting there.
Eclipse, comet, sun flares, hurricanes, unprecedented flooding, war. You would think one could rest in bed to absorb it all. Apparently not.
Besides inner work, the times call for what, exactly? How best to deal? My antidote is this. Self care. Give oneself a gift every day. Right now it is a fabulous herbal tea made with lavender and honey which I am sipping with pleasure. The other is to extend kindness when called for. It is a means through. When the earth rumbles, compassion is a means through.
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