Simon Says

We live in a time of tremendous noise and distraction. All the world seems to have gone mad. It has, hasn’t it? Yes, and no. It depends on what you’re looking at. Every morning is still glorious. All of nature still does its amazing thing. Birds still call out the rising of the sun. Whales still leap from the depths and seem to hang in the air for a moment. Dolphins smile and surf the waves. Water sparkles, catching the light of the sun’s rays.  New life springs forth in the northern hemisphere and autumn leaves fall in the south. Seasons come and go. The world tracks around the sun. People fall in love and children are born to us. None of that has changed. So what are we paying attention to? I’m not saying to ignore the events of the world. There’s a lot going on and it’s important not to be ignorant… What I’m saying is that when we pay attention to darkness, more than to light, it impacts us badly. Our own light dims. Our ability to smile at children diminishes. We have to force ...