It would be difficult to refute the assertion that this has been a particularly challenging year aboard spaceship Earth. In terms of social upheaval, political tension, factional strife and natural disasters, 2018 ranks high on an all-time Top Ten list.
Here in southern California we have faced prolonged drought, devastating wildfires and now, drenching rains threaten to destabilize scorched and fragile hillsides. It is no wonder that so many are engulfed in the anguish generated by this âperfect stormâ and find themselves focused on surviving and coping.
We are being tested as never before and it is all too easy to get caught up with what is happening on the ground and forget to stop and lift our gaze to the heavens to drink in the realization that we are part of something greater â a vast and majestic infinite Mystery in which we âlive and move and have our being.â The fact is that we are both residents of Earth and citizens of the Cosmo
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