The last wave encouraged us to begin to STAND.
The next wave encourages us to STOP APOLOGIZING.
Remember John Lennon's song Imagine ? In that song he basically asks us to imagine that all points of contention that exists among human kind did not exist. Then we would be able to 'live as one'. I remember hearing that song when I was younger and some of the suggestions were very difficult for me.... Like imagining no god, no heaven and no hell.
My how I've grown.......
In the same context, something that may seem insane to "do without" to most humans anyway.... Is to stop apologizing.
Imagine...... A world where no one ever apologized. Does this mean we're suggesting a license to be rude?! Well.... Imagine it... Would you be rude just because there was no such thing as apologizing?
I would suggest rather that apology is a double-edged sword.... to soften the truth, disguise the truth or malign the truth. Because as Jack made so brilliantly clear, We..."can't handle the truth!".
What if, though, we spoke in such a way as to have no need to apologize for what we said? Truth has nothing to do with facts. Truth has nothing to do with our concepts of right and wrong. Truth is what stands after the fire, after the storm, and continues to bring enlightenment, love, peace and purpose regardless of anyone's opinion or perspective.
We don't have to understand or agree for it to be truth. We don't have to be condemned by it. We don't have to accept it. Truth gives us all the time we need to find it. Often, yes, thru very difficult circumstances... Often, circumstances that we ourselves create because we reject truth. But inevitably these very circumstances lead us right back to that truth and most often with a new perspective because of the circumstances that will indeed allow us to see and embrace that truth. And from that point on we have grown, matured and are more productive therefore happier and stronger to help others.
But what does it take to get me thru that experience and to that truth? Well it may take someone I do not like saying something to me that I do not wanna hear! That doesn't mean it isn't truth and that given time, it won't set me free.
There are many truths surfacing from the depths of hidden agendas and complete dishonesty this year of 2013. "I'm sorry to tell you this ENTIRE COUNTRY OF AMERICA but your government is all up in your private business which violates your rights as an America citizen.... And.... Oh god I'm so so sorry.... but.... This is historically what leads to enslavement of the population and to tyranny.... Which is everything YOU believe our troops are fighting against in foreign countries.... Yeah......"
WHY the need to apologize for saying something so important?
Because no one wants to hear it therefore they react badly.
We're afraid. So we apologize for everything. Or worse yet, we just stay silent.
Stop apologizing. Try it for a week. See if you can speak honestly without saying "I'm sorry" or even acting all apologetic. Just be honest. Look people in the eye when talking to them. And if you feel speaking the truth would be threatening to you, then walk away. Their blood is on their own hands if they are that violently opposed to the truth.
And if that fear is your issue, then trust.... The truth will work its way with you as well.
This is the Reckoning.
This is the time of accountability.
This is your last chance before being swept away into a massive recycling chamber and having to do all this over again. While others..... Others will evolve into happier beings......
This is no longer "Coming Soon!"
This is here. Now. This is what the hell's happening.
I make no apology for what I write. You do not have to read it. And if you read it you don't have to get it, or agree with it.
The next wave encourages us to STOP APOLOGIZING.
Remember John Lennon's song Imagine ? In that song he basically asks us to imagine that all points of contention that exists among human kind did not exist. Then we would be able to 'live as one'. I remember hearing that song when I was younger and some of the suggestions were very difficult for me.... Like imagining no god, no heaven and no hell.
My how I've grown.......
In the same context, something that may seem insane to "do without" to most humans anyway.... Is to stop apologizing.
Imagine...... A world where no one ever apologized. Does this mean we're suggesting a license to be rude?! Well.... Imagine it... Would you be rude just because there was no such thing as apologizing?
I would suggest rather that apology is a double-edged sword.... to soften the truth, disguise the truth or malign the truth. Because as Jack made so brilliantly clear, We..."can't handle the truth!".
What if, though, we spoke in such a way as to have no need to apologize for what we said? Truth has nothing to do with facts. Truth has nothing to do with our concepts of right and wrong. Truth is what stands after the fire, after the storm, and continues to bring enlightenment, love, peace and purpose regardless of anyone's opinion or perspective.
We don't have to understand or agree for it to be truth. We don't have to be condemned by it. We don't have to accept it. Truth gives us all the time we need to find it. Often, yes, thru very difficult circumstances... Often, circumstances that we ourselves create because we reject truth. But inevitably these very circumstances lead us right back to that truth and most often with a new perspective because of the circumstances that will indeed allow us to see and embrace that truth. And from that point on we have grown, matured and are more productive therefore happier and stronger to help others.
But what does it take to get me thru that experience and to that truth? Well it may take someone I do not like saying something to me that I do not wanna hear! That doesn't mean it isn't truth and that given time, it won't set me free.
There are many truths surfacing from the depths of hidden agendas and complete dishonesty this year of 2013. "I'm sorry to tell you this ENTIRE COUNTRY OF AMERICA but your government is all up in your private business which violates your rights as an America citizen.... And.... Oh god I'm so so sorry.... but.... This is historically what leads to enslavement of the population and to tyranny.... Which is everything YOU believe our troops are fighting against in foreign countries.... Yeah......"
WHY the need to apologize for saying something so important?
Because no one wants to hear it therefore they react badly.
We're afraid. So we apologize for everything. Or worse yet, we just stay silent.
Stop apologizing. Try it for a week. See if you can speak honestly without saying "I'm sorry" or even acting all apologetic. Just be honest. Look people in the eye when talking to them. And if you feel speaking the truth would be threatening to you, then walk away. Their blood is on their own hands if they are that violently opposed to the truth.
And if that fear is your issue, then trust.... The truth will work its way with you as well.
This is the Reckoning.
This is the time of accountability.
This is your last chance before being swept away into a massive recycling chamber and having to do all this over again. While others..... Others will evolve into happier beings......
This is no longer "Coming Soon!"
This is here. Now. This is what the hell's happening.
I make no apology for what I write. You do not have to read it. And if you read it you don't have to get it, or agree with it.
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