Motivated By Spirit

We have to begin to chip away at the veil of fear encircling the globe. What can one human being do? In the oft quoted saying by Gandhi, “be the change you wish to see,” we have inkling. It sounds wonderful and we say it to one another in smug knowing. Since it does not seems to be working in diminishing the pervading fear. So, what do we do? A simple paraphrase of that saying gives us a clue. ‘Do the change you wish to have.’ In other words do something about fear in order to live in a fear free world. Here’s my plan. Say a cheerful hello to a stranger every day. How this can reduce fear, you ask. It is simple. We are all connected. What affects one affects all. By saying hello to a stranger, you are saying; “I’m human, you are human, and I acknowledge our hared humanity.” That is the secret to removing fear from our consciousness, our common humanity. Too often we forget that our shared humanity is the very foundation of our civilization. That foundation is being eroded by o