What do we do now?
The bad people, as my grandfather called them, are not just trying to destroy our country and the world, they are destroying our country and much of what makes life possible for humans on earth.
In response to their cruelty and destructiveness, I succumbed to despair and depression. Then one day I was planting baby lettuce plants in my garden and recalled the words of the Buddha. I am the owner of my own karma. My happiness and unhappiness are determined by my actions.
And I decided that in response to the ongoing acts of cruelty perpetrated by those in power I would endeavor to make everything I do a conscious act of love, whether I’m pulling weeds or planting seeds or writing or talking or playing the piano or buying groceries.
And by trusting that loving action is an effective way to oppose our oppressors, my despair and feelings of helplessness have largely disappeared.
We are the owners of our own karma. Our happiness and unhappiness are determined by our actions.
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