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Monday, December 20, 2010
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The Eve of What’s to Come
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Friends!
On the eve of Winter Solstice 2010, I find it unavoidable to reflect on the intensity and drama visited upon the world in the first decade of the new millennium.
It’s been a barn burner, and I perceive no indication of abatement. Perhaps a total lunar eclipse, aligning with the full moon, and coinciding with the lowest decline of solar light will herald a dramatic shift back to calmer times. But I think these celestial events are more likely a reflection of the continued intensity to come.
If life does continue to resemble the past decade, we're going to need extraordinary vitality and resilience to enjoy life, to endure the unforeseen challenges, and to survive the onslaught of what this time in our lives is placing before us. Where are we going to get that level of physical vigor and endurance? Where will we find the stamina and courage to prevail in the midst of our experience — much less enjoy it?
There is a divine purpose to this level of intensity. We’re being honed. We are being asked to dig a little deeper, to establish higher priorities than the fulfillment of our physical desires. We are being asked as individuals and as a culture to be more accountable for our creations. Ethically, socially, legally, financially, spiritually — in all ways.
As you know, responsible food choices take center stage at Future Medicine Now, as they should in any meaningful system of health care. But there are other forms of nutrition, which are equally vital to creating the life we want to experience:
The books we read.
The music we listen to.
The friends we cultivate.
How we spend our evening.
How much time we spend in nature.
The moments we spend lost in contemplation.
We create our own experience, and that joyful responsibility is made sweeter when we discriminate between those things which merely stimulate (or sedate) us, and those things which truly deliver nourishing sustenance at the highest level.
As we enter this season of rebirth, Sue and I extend to you our heartfelt wish that you find your deepest fulfillment in the stillness of each moment. And the next. And the next.
If you’re having a gay old time and have no idea what on earth Larry is rambling about now, have a very Merry Christmas! And a Happy New Year!
Much Love,
Larry & Sue
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