I like talking to people. They tell you in very few words what they believe and how they live. Believing is the easy part. Living with conviction is a bit more daunting.
You can believe we’re one race, but continue to uphold systematic racism.
You can believe the environment is harmed by human behavior, but refuse to consider even the smallest steps to rectify it.
You can proclaim we’re all equal and never let the ERA pass.
You get my point.
What then helps a person jump from believing to knowing and from knowing to conviction of action? Believing is the weak link in the chain. Throw doubts at it and belief falters. Or feed it lies and it grows into a mechanism of societal destruction. Look no further than January 6, ‘21 to understand this point.
So the first leap, from belief to knowing is crucial. Facts change. They always have and always will. It’s the nature of the physical world to be in flux. Knowing fact is not the “Knowing” we need.
There’s an internal knowing available to us if we take the time to seek it.
That knowing supports the recognition of humanity and leaves no doubt about the massacre of innocent people or the ignorance of war. It simply should not be. That knowing understands the interconnectedness of all life. And that knowing honors the Earth as our home.
With this Knowing a person can be readied for a life lived in conviction. A life lived in fulfillment of purpose, in recognition that we’re not here by accident or chance and that we all have a part to play.
And what is that part you play?
The discovery and enjoyment of the part you play is left to you and to your heart.
let kindness win 