School Shootings.
Corporate Greed.
Genetically Modified Foods, Untested and Unleashed on our food supply.
Religions that teach outsiders are wrong or even evil.
Governments that can’t manage their pocketbooks.
It’s not uncommon for me to be frustrated. I am frequently lost in thoughts of how the world should be and the contrast of how the world actually is causes me tension. This cognitive dissonance creates angst and fatigue as I try to comprehend the space between what is, and what should be.
I believe, that as a culture/society/world, we can rise together to become more and better than we presently are.
I believe that we can craft around us a world that we are truly proud to live in.
I believe we have a lot of work ahead of us.
I have a favorite quote from Babylon 5 (a sci-fi TV show from the 1990’s). A character was delusional, believing he was King Arthur. The delusion was causing this person to live a life of meaning and he was making a difference. The doctor on the show wanted to “heal” him, to bring him back to “reality”. Marcus Cole defended the delusional man’s position saying “Better the illusions that exalt us than 10,000 truths”. “Babylon 5: A Late Delivery from Avalon (#3.13)” (1996)
This has always stuck with me. The world is a challenging place. And the truth of the world, that media would push on us, is that we are a violent and out of control people without moral guidance. But I don’t believe that is the whole truth. It is a half truth that only tells the negative parts of the story.
I choose to focus on the illusions that uplift me and allow for a world that can be better. I choose to believe that we can all be a part of the world we want to live in, and make that world the truth.
I invite you, as 2013 begins, to find the illusions that make our world a better place. Focus in on those illusions until they become our truth.
Namaste,
Kevin
