Positive, Powerful, and Hopeful
For many of us, a dark cloud seems to loom over the world, especially for women, LGBTQ communities and minority groups in our country. But we can’t afford to let that cloud dim our light in the world. It’s a time to amp up our gifts and energy, so that we may confidently navigate the threats to our freedom and be a positive and bright light in the world.
The following tips can help you feel positive, powerful and hopeful.
Live in the present moment.
No matter how bad things appear to be or what the news says, there are millions of miracles around you every second of the day. Become consciously aware of the tiniest things, such as blades of grass, a leaf, an insect, the formation of a cloud. Become aware of and indulge your senses. Enjoy the functions of our body. You’re a breathing, sensorial creature in a world of millions of magical things. Enjoy your time on earth. No matter how chaotic the world becomes, the beauty of earth will remain solid under our feet.
Elevate your energy
Minding your mindset and engaging in spiritual practices and energy-balancing techniques will raise your frequency. Your energy is palpable and it influences the vibration around you. People notice it. Your body feels vital and alive. Your energy is more important than what you look like, your job, and your status in life. It’s the signature of who you are. Vibe with love, confidence and power. Your energy will contribute to raising the energy on the planet to higher levels.
Express Yourself Creatively
Verbalizing isn’t the only way to make a point. Get raw and real with your art, writing, and performances. Bringing forth what is within you and make a statement that the world notices. Express yourself wildly, loudly and radically. Speak your truth. Capture the times. Get original. Let’s dilute the political noise with meaningful expressions that amuse, provoke philosophical thought, cause a pause and ponderance. This is therapeutic for us as the creators and illuminating for the world around us.
Mind your mind set:
Become empowered, not a victim. While our rights are the target of our system, don’t complain and whimper; get proactive and step forward, your breasts thrust forward, your feminine power spraying everyone around you. Put your brains to work to strategize ways to maintain what we’ve got and/or create original, never-before-thought of alternatives that will let the world know we’re here, we’re strong, and we’re in it to win it. Read materials and follow inspiring leaders who affirm your unstoppable presence on the planet. And write your own materials, too. Let’s do this!
Cherish and enjoy the planet.
While most corporations seem to care more for profits than plants, there are huge swaths of protected wilderness that are available for your enjoyment. Connecting with the earth through hiking in the wilderness, walking in a municipal park, or planting in your garden, is healing and grounding. It helps us to connect with the solidity of what is real, and distracts us from the ‘news’, which is often not real at all.
Take on a project or a mission.
By committing to a non-profit organization, spiritual community, cause, or other thing, you direct your energy into something that has meaning and may help the planet. Focusing on uplifting society and helping the community or planet will keep you on track and feeling positive.
Express more love than ever.
We need to return to the idealism of the 1960s counterculture. Let’s love, love, love. Pour love over our loved ones, give it graciously and abundantly to those who desperately need it. Even give it to those who we feel are enemies. They are doing their best, too. And who knows, with enough positive energy and love, they may heal from the influences and wounds that drive them to their own destruction and destruction of the world. Their hearts may soften.
So while politically the present moment appears grim, stay focused on what we have, what is real, and what we can do to maintain our positive energy, hope, and freedom. We will get through, and who knows, we may end up better off than ever. Fingers crossed. Stay positive.