BIRTHDAY WEEK

Our heat wave continues! It is 39.7F. We are in mid-Winter. All the statistical date indicating the middle of Winter occur between January 19^th and the 27^th [could be the 26^th]. I mentioned this in a blog a couple years ago. A friend of ours, that used to visit us every Friday night, compiled data; included the mid-point between the first frost and last frost, the coldest day on average, the highest heating day and a couple more. The weather data was from the last hundred or so years [almanac from the FRESHWATER SOCIETY]. The heating statistic came from East Central Electric Association. We never did decide, when the best day was to celebrate the very mid-point of Winter, in this nine or ten day stretch. However, my birthday occurs pretty much in the middle.

Yup! This is the second day of my Birthday Week. I will have completed 82 years on planet Earth sometime tomorrow Morning. We are not planning any kind of celebration this year. Four of my children live 80 or so miles away. In the Summer that is a nice drive, and sometimes in Winter it is too. But I don't want to plan for it. Naomi lives forty miles away and she and Elijah are coming Thursday and staying until Saturday. Noah is staying with us. Some celebrating may occur.

Civilness seems to be in short supply, in our civilization, right now. Folks seem to be succumbing to fear and dread. As I have said many times before, this plays into the hands of those who gain from divisiveness.

I am not saying I have any good answers. We need to be wary of behaviors motivated by fear and especially be skeptical of moral outrage. We, all, carry with us some truth. We know things, we are not fully aware of knowing; that is where our intuition comes from. When we are peaceful, we are more apt to make good choices, than when we are all riled up.

The good news is, that despite how it appears, peace and love are gaining. The turmoil can only accelerate the awakening process. Folks are feeling their power; they are especially feeling their power in unity. They are realizing that peace and love are possible on planet Earth.

There is a huge current of love, it is like an electric current, running through society. We can tune into it. We can feel it. There is a great vibration of change occurring. It is somewhat disturbing. If one can tune into it, they can feel the love energy, otherwise it can be disquieting.

We won't accept anymore craziness. Know that! Avoid moral outrage. Avoid negative feelings. It is our belief in Love that will bring in a peaceful world. Let us find our centers and radiate peace and love to a thirsty world. The old is passing. The new is emerging.

Love and Peace, Gregg