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Which Side Are You On? How much more can you tolerate?

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Scary stuff, indeed.

But, as a thought experiment, ask yourself this: What frightens you more, being judged by your neighbors for getting busted for disorderly conduct or comprehending that 80 percent of the world's forests and 90 percent of the large fish in the ocean are already gone?

There are good reasons to be afraid. There are better reasons to be bold.

Could it be we're afraid of learning that much of what we've been taught is no longer or never was relevant? Are we afraid to open our hearts and minds and start caring like we've never cared before? Maybe, just maybe, we're afraid of ourselves and of what were capable of accomplishing.

Maybe Marianne Williamson is correct when she suggests: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."

Make no mistake, we will be asked by future generations what we did during this momentous time of human struggle. Let's make sure we can honestly reply: "I did my part leave the planet much better off than how I found it."

Suggestion #2: Silence the sirens of archaic archetypes, open your mind to new configurations, and heed the call of the future. I promise it'll be a lot more fun that you ever imagined.

It's time to blossom, comrades. It's now or never.

Even with all the fear, pain, dread, and uncertainty we may (or may not) experience while blossoming, remaining tight in the bud is no longer an option" for us or for the planet.

Just leap and the net may appear"

Reprinted from worldnewstrust.com

 

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