What’s with all the stuff going on?

I’ve had a couple of emails and conversations with people over the last few weeks about all the stuff that’s going on at the moment. And by ‘stuff’ I mean earthquakes and global unrest right down to your ‘stuff’, the crap that you’re going through at the moment.

Well, my first comment is “Get used to it!”, it’s not going to go away.

Have you noticed how quickly we’ve sped through this year? I have, it only seemed like a few weeks ago I was telling people about my move to Canberra, and here I am, I’ve been here just on six months.

What I’d like you to do is think about it this way. What do you think would happen if you got all the emotional stuff that’s going on (i.e. political changes in the Middle East) and all the natural disasters and squeezed them into a tighter timeframe? There would be the perception that there is more happening wouldn’t there? Where 200 years ago we got a tidal wave every  20 years, now we’re getting one every 3 months type of thing.

Now add to this our own personal life and you get some interesting things begin to happen. What I’m seeing and hearing, when it comes down to this singular personal form, is that it manifests itself into our relationships, i.e. things are happening to people every day and the things are predominantly to do with our relationships. The relationships I’m talking about are with our loved ones, work colleagues, friends, our bosses, in fact, any one we have day to day dealings with.

And it’s here that things get tough because in our society we tend to externalise relationship challenges that come our way. What we really need to do is take a step back and look at ourselves and ask ourselves  “Was this of my doing?”, to which we may answer “Maybe.”

But what about the earthquakes in Japan and Christchurch? Was this your doing? No, of course not. All you need do with these global events is examine your life and where it fits into the event, nothing more. Slow down and take the time to think about yourself for a few minutes. When there is an earthquake, or flood, or wind etc, think about how it effects you. Does it effect you? The fact that you watch the broadcasts on TV, is that helping you cope? Do you really think you need to watch that sort of detail? I would say no. You don’t (It’s why I don’t watch TV or read newspapers, except to do Sudoku).

And the same goes for your relationships with partners, friends, colleagues, etc. Most of what they do is none of your business. All this emotional drama that you have in your life comes about because we meddle in other people’s business. So, be kind to yourself. If someone tells you something think about the consequences for you (not them) and be as positive and happy that these people are a part of your life and how lucky are you to have all these fantastic people in your life!

I often think about the modern world and it’s fantastic communication systems. They really are amazing, TV news almost as it happens, the internet, phone systems, incredible! These systems switch us straight through to what’s happening in the world, instantly. Then I think about global communications 50 or 100 years ago. If there was a tornado in the mid-west of the USA I wouldn’t hear about it for weeks or even months. Most of the damage would have been reparied before I even got to hear about it. There wouldn’t be much scope for personal involvement then would there.

Before I go, I would like to give you some significant dates that are coming up soon. We never know how these dates will manifest themselves until the actual event, (if there is an event).

If you’re not into this sort of stuff, tune out now.

• 17 August 2011 Very challenging time for all of us.
• 11 September 2011 Turbulent time
• 27 September 2011 Three days of darkness (not sure what that means)
• 3 October 2011 Dust and fallout
• 17 October 2011 Something or someone is too close
• 28 October 2011 Final day of the Mayan Calendar
• 5 November 2011 Fallout
• 11 November 2011 All those elevens, follow your instinct
• 23 November 2011 Eclipse lots of change.

These dates are for information only. Let’s face it, if something big happens there will be nothing we can do except say “I told you so…..”

Until next time

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Have the best outstanding day.

Andrew

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