This weekend is Thanksgiving weekend for Canadians. In Nova Scotia, most people seem to celebrate on Sunday and then sleep and walk off the celebration on Monday (the "official" day.)
It's one of those amazing fall weekends here, just slightly warmer than frost in the morning and then gently warm and "fuzzy" and sometimes clear-blue skies. So beautiful!
At the same time the money systems of the world are truly bouncing - the CDN$ is the latest "victim" of market unpredictability.
This weekend, especially, we are invited to be thankful.
As the Harvest Festival hymn goes
"All is safely gathered in
'Ere the winter storms begin."
At some level this may not really ring true,'Ere the winter storms begin."
at least, not when it comes to that inner work!
There is still much to be done!
I'm reading The Mayan Code by Barbara Hand Clow,
much of it based on the work of Carl Johan Calleman;
the date for the end of our "preparation for the
End of Time" is put at
October 26th 2011
the "remaining time" until December 2012, intended
to be a kind of celebration and and thanksgiving!
Perhaps we could use this weekend and
the turbulent times that are around us
to cultivate that inner stability and peace
which the world is so desperate for...
so that we are in a state of readiness to
celebrate and give thanks at a moment's notice!
Prehaps we can learn to look in deeper compassion
and love on our nearest and dearest and
upon all creatures and things, near and far.
It's not just Thanksgiving and Harvest.
It's also Election time .....
I wonder what would happen if there were a
surge of compassion and understanding for
all our political "opponents" - for all those
who are voting differently from us - I wonder,
would the world start to change then?
I'm going to try and do this "compassionate-thing"
this week - see what happens.
I think it's worth the risk!
Blessings and Abundance and Peace
this weekend
John O
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