THE SKY IS FALLING? IS THE SKY FALLING?

Are you plagued by the state of the world? Do you feel oppressed by the potential for disaster? If you tune into the news you might just think the sky is falling. Should you be concerned? What should you do? There does not seem to be a right answer but one thing you definitely can do is maintain a positive attitude. Essentially that is all. Some might say this is foolish and you are fooling yourself. Chances are they are tied into the doom and gloom of it all.

Maintaining a Positive Outlook
What else do you have? What is really yours? It is the one thing you do have control over, how you choose to view and/or interpret what is going on around you. If you get caught up in the emotions of things chances are you will begin to loose perspective. You can remain detached yet still stay engaged and you can adjust your perspective accordingly. Where does a negative perspective ever get you? Besides being detrimental to the immune system, there is enough negativity out there and you do not need to feed the cycle with your energy.  Remaining positive is a choice and it is no more illusionary than remaining negative. I do admit there is a weight to issues with grave concern but how do you respond? Do you let the weight of negativity drag you down?

Flower Essences
This site and blog is about flower essences, so you should have guessed I would have gotten to them at some point. There are two essences from FES, Flower Essence Services, which are superb addressing the issues I’ve raised. The essences are:

Mountain Pride and Scotch Broom

Mountain Pride
The name alone suggests strength and determination and this essence is about strength and determination in the face of challenges.  And, folks these are challenging times and they challenge our ability to maintain peace of mind and a positive outlook, which is what we need.  Use this essence to encourage “forthright masculine energy”; sounds refreshing to me, straight forward honest masculine energy.  The essence description goes on,  . . . “which confronts and transforms” what they are talking about is the archetype of the spiritual warrior. A very useful energy for ones own life and life as a whole.  This essence will help you respond to challenges, to confront and transform them. To often we react, this essence will help you to shift gears and take action rather than simply re-act to the injustices you perceive.

Scotch Broom

Scotch Broom
This bright yellow floor is harbinger of optimism, it shines brightly and heralds a new a approach a new attitude one anchored in an sunny outlook. The joy of flowers and the power of color win again! Scotch broom is indicated for those who are depressed and disheartened by world events.  Gosh, at this rate wouldn’t mind giving this to everyone . . . Scotch broom helps us to feel more optimistic about world events and as we know this can go a long way in helping us enjoy life in general.

Bottom line is we can all do our part to help make this world a world we want to live in. We can do this by taking charge of our own thoughts and feelings. This is important because it is personally empowering and the more empowered we feel in our life the better. I understand there is little we can do about geo-politics but we can at least make our sphere of the world a better place. Essentially that is all we can do.