Turning to Another Way...

Well, in order to survive, to keep your head and spirits up, you often need to turn away from the disaster that is now the USA. There is no doubt that the country, the economy, and the political mode has turned definitively dark and Fascistic. Ugly. The worst amongst us are in the ascendent. 

What's a Humble Pilgrim to do? "Be here now." It is a practice, & a disicpline. Sometimes, that means going to a house-concert to listen to two fabulous musicians play in a beautifully appointed apartment. Candle-light and drapery. Paintings & sculptures. Creative humans in the audience; painters, poets, musicians. Kind and caring folks, gathered together.

So, yes, we left our troubled minds behind, and bathed in the beauty & emotion of the moment. It was a healing thing. Good for the head, the heart, the soul. No one mentioned the shite, the darkness, the ugliness. All that was left behind.

Sure, a turning away, a turning to another way. Beauty & Hope. In the room. Right there before us. In the moment. In the eyes and heads of our fellow human beings. It was a good thing to do. Be here now. Yes, indeed.