Shifts

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Over the past 50 years or so, a lot of things that we knew have shifted into something new. Certainties have turned out not being so ‘rock-solid’ as we thought they were...

And this goes for big things and small things alike.

Let’s take our universe.
For most of us, some 50 years ago, our universe was that part of the Milky Way which we could see on a bright night in a spot where the darkness didn’t get broken by street lights or traffic... Since then we have been able to see the most wonderful starscapes thanks to the Hubble Telescope ~ and our universe has never been the same again... Our perception ~ and perhaps even our understanding ~ of the universe has shifted.

When we look at the earth, about 50 years ago the first research results were published that told the world that, if we as humanity would keep on using our resources the way we had been doing since the industrial revolution ~ we would likely run into trouble. And the prognosis at the time wasn’t good ~ even at the time some people would entertain the thought that humanity itself might become the source of its own extinction.
We have learned quite a bit about the changes in the earth in those years ~ or maybe we have come to realize that while things weren’t exactly the way we were told so many years ago, there is something going on with our interaction with the earth that can well cause a change in our climate and subsequently may bring considerable changes to the earth.
We have also shifted our focus from the problem to the solution. Hybrid cars, and even electric cars are now more and more driving the roads. And as humanity we are taking more and more steps to ‘clean up after ourselves’. And while these shifts take time ~ and some may say they take too much time ~ they are steadily happening.

Arguably, the shift in ourselves as unique individuals seems to be just as momentous. While we may have been raised with a certain set of values that says that choosing for ourselves is egotistical ~ in the energy of today it is important to do just that; to choose what is best for ourselves. To make yourself, your wellbeing ~ your balance and sense of inner peace ~ your priority.
Now, I am not saying that in choosing what is best for ourselves we should totally disregard the wellbeing of those around us ~ that might be egotistical. Yet in making that shift to prioritizing yourself you may find that you have a lot more to offer to the world...
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