{"id":557,"date":"2010-07-05T20:43:07","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T20:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=557"},"modified":"2010-07-05T20:43:07","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T20:43:07","slug":"the-ongoing-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=557","title":{"rendered":"The Ongoing Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Written in July 2005)
\nDear Guides and Guardian Spirits, I\u2019m feeling hugely sad.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s because our country, with its founding vision of democracy, has gotten so badly off track, creating a culture of money and power that is destroying so much that is of value on our beautiful planet.
\n Dear Jenny, stay with the sadness.\u00a0 It is legitimate, it is profoundly right to be sad when seeing something, which had great promise and tremendous resources, go so badly astray.\u00a0 You are also sad because you feel like your ability to make a difference is pitifully tiny compared to the enormity of this ongoing disaster.\u00a0 You feel like you are fighting a losing battle for which you are badly equipped.\u00a0 The losses and wounds of your childhood sap the energy you need to take courageous action in the face of overwhelming difficulties, and you feel like you are slipping backwards in your efforts for healing both yourself and the planet.\u00a0 Dear Jenny, every day you take courageous action in the face of overwhelming difficulties.\u00a0 Just getting through the day takes courage.\u00a0 Getting out of bed takes courage, making art, writing in your journal, all are courageous actions in the face of overwhelming difficulties.\u00a0 As is teaching Sacred Circle Dance.\u00a0 Your only failure is to acknowledge the greatness of what you are already doing.\u00a0 Give yourself some credit for your actual accomplishments.\u00a0 Dear One, just by holding your vision of Planet Earth, by appreciating the trees you see from your window, by not giving in to brain chemistry and trauma symptoms, you are doing good work for the planet you love.\u00a0 Yes, even staying with the sadness makes a difference.\u00a0 Know that you are very much loved.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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