Integritus Prime

It feels like the end of times. We have a plague, murder, anarchy, protests, and violation of laws in many other ways. We are hurting, and consumed with anger, which is a more violent mask that fear often wears.

It’s easy to look around and want this world to change. We don’t feel safe.

This is a reminder that evil exists. It is also a wake up call for us never to fight hate with hate. For when we do, we are no better than those who hurt us.

“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.

It may seem like we are helpless or we cannot find the end of our anger, but there is a way to overcome all of this and ultimately, change the world. That way is in our mindset, our hearts, and our actions.

Each of us that is consumed with anger right now, needs to pause. Pausing gives us a moment to check in with ourselves. An opportunity to make peace with what we feel, so we can refrain from inflicting more pain and more harm when we do act.

Our ability to channel outrage into positive measures like supporting those who have lost their loved ones, or joining movements that want to end racism and corruption, is more important now than ever. It’s also important to remember that we cannot fuel ourselves only with anger…anything sustainable needs to be tended with love, whether it’s garden, a global movement for unity, or a new-born baby.

So let’s feel our anger in healthy ways that don’t create harm. It’s important to grieve. Once we give ourselves that pause to feel what we feel without reacting from it, then we can return to love.

A new world comes from a heart refreshed with love, and armed with peace.

Shed vengeance and violence. Find and grow your inner peace, and bring that to every person you interact with, and you will change the world.

It may seem impossible, but it is not. Through meditation, reflection, and by sharing our emotions in healthy ways, we can grow into what this world desperately cries out for: peace.

PS. Check out my message about George Floyd’s murder.