The Great Dismantlng, or "Why Do I Really Want To Punch Someone?"

Have you ever seen one of those rock tumblers? You toss a bunch of jagged rocks with sand together in this centrifugal spinner. The friction of all the jagged rocks clanging together will, over time, knock the edges off to produce smooth beautifully polished stones.

This is the energy pulsing in the world right now, and I'm seeing the effects of this with everyone, including me.  Of course the news is filled with cultural/national friction, and we cannot escape that. The collective horror and sadness hurts our hearts.

What may be affecting us more, and perhaps unexpectedly, are the jabs from the rocks in our own garden, so to speak. The people closest to us have sharp edges. We have sharp edges.  Right now we are clanging together. It isn't pleasant a lot of the time and occasionally a spark or two will fly even in the most harmonious and enduring relationships. The tumbling action is causing scraping on all the rough spots, all the fears and anxieties we hold and haven't fully resolved are being battered and bruised. Some of the oldest and most core issues are screaming at this time. Whatever is deep ... financial fear, fear of being left, fear of being truly seen, fear of being disappointed, fear of the "others" -  it is all flaring.

This is part of the Great Dismantling.

The system, the program, the scaffolding that we have all built up that tells us how the world works, that tells us how we work, how and where we fit in the world and in the cosmos and in relationships is all crumbling and dissolving. We are all unsteady. Humans do not like feeling unsteady. Uncomfortable humans lash out trying to find a hand or a foot hold to steady us.

But know this as your annoyance rises - the people who can most help us bring about the change in the quickest way are the ones in our intimate circle. We have already let them in, we let them come close. There is no wall or filter. They have the biggest job to do and we are doing the same for them. 

This jangled, shifting energy is one we are all trying to learn to flow with right now. Be the willow, not the oak.  

Consider - a child doesn't take her first step and think, "OK, I've got this movement thing mastered. I know how this  works. I've made the right choices and now I'm going to just enjoy it." No, a child knows instinctively that things change, and looks forward to the next change, pushes for it, while not even knowing what it is. Children also learn quickly that there might not be one right choice. There might be many, or none at all.  But, we adults want to have some steadiness and peace. We want to know the right thing to do so that we can have safety, so that we have comfort. We forget that we are designed to grow. We forget that the moments when everything lines up perfectly are few and fleeting and yet life is beautiful all the same. We forget that all the prior moments have brought us Here. We forget that we cannot grow without shedding the old skin first. We forget that everyone else is uncomfortable too and they are acting up, acting out, throwing tantrums ... or worse. We forget to be kind and gentle and encouraging because we're all so very tired.

The old ways are failing, and your flailing won't change that. 
The explosions can destroy you. 
Or, they can polish you.
Your choice.