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My Thoughts on The Tao Of My Thoughts #2




 If there is peace amidst the tumult,  then the Tao has found its rightful place.

If there was ever a time to test our connection to the TAO, this last year was surely it! 

Or, was it? (And these are my thoughts)

Yes, it has been 15/16 months of tragedy, fear, despair and death. I have seen that scenario in many ways over the months when I walked along a *busy main street shopping area, with no one there but myself and a few people window shopping into empty locations or ones with the shutters down. 

I have encountered adults dragging children into the road to put more distance between us on the pavement or holding them tight as I approached...and I promise I wore no makeup. I also wore no mask.

I walk in peace because I trust my immune system. I trust that my fitness and lifestyle are strong enough to withstand the worst symptoms of the virus and I have experienced fatal cases in the elderly who live around me who went into hospital virus-free and died in hospital with/from it.

I have understood that they carried severe underlying illnesses and their health was already an issue. I also know that all the cases in my location were residents who rarely if ever left their rooms.

I ask you where the tumult is? Where are the people at peace? In my honest opinion it is amongst the mask-wearers and here's why!

The majority of masks were rarely worn correctly, and when they were it often left a plethora of discarded litter in the street. We washed our hands religiously 15 months ago and those of us who did go out (more of that later) followed the science, and stood in line, sanitized our hands, and wore the mask. We washed our hands every time we entered our homes. That finished.

One of the worst moments of my time in Leamington was walking along our main shopping street and it was empty, shops were shuttered, for sale signs above the windows and the wind blew pieces of discarded tissue down the main street like a western movie...or a national disaster.

This was definitely not a time of peace, how could it be. We were in the midst of a pandemic...I refuse to write about the worst pandemic because all of them are traumatic for the people caught up in fear...Ebola, Malaria, Polio, the Spanish flu, Measles...all of them took their toll and all created a change in thinking.

The difference is that the news of the diseases spread more slowly and, I believe more honestly than in 2020. The influence of social media and propaganda has spread fear and misinformation with more deadly consequences than the disease itself.

Tumult is challenging the Tao.

Tell me if you agree and if you are at peace.








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