Trying to figure things out.
My younger self often thought that by the time I reached old age I would have figured things out. What a surprise it has been to realize answers to lifelong questions have gotten more and more complex and understanding seems farther away than ever.
Of late the pressing question is whether “reality” is basically negative or whether that viewpoint—seeing the dark side of things as the truth of existence—is a deliberate choice. A friend pointed this out to me in a recent conversation. Such friends are gifts, pushing us to examine where our thinking has perhaps gone off the rails. How else can we continue to expand our horizons at a time they most need expansion if we are not nudged into re-examination of our thinking?
Are we living in dark times? Media exposure screams examples of this view constantly but that particular “truth” insures we return to that trough, therefore reinforcing their existence and their profits. Where can I look to find light while staying grounded? What tools, what methods, are available to counterbalance negativity? These may be harder questions headed into winter but for all of that the summer was far from easy.
The first storm since early spring, a nor’easter, blasted the northeast coast for two days this week. The surf pounded incessantly coming in far too close while the power went out and the house grew cold. My internal resources felt drained by the storm’s intensity. Looking out at a calm summer ocean it was easy to forget the power of wild water that cannot and will not be controlled. Nature always has the last word reminding us mere humans we are specks of existence in a much larger picture.
Is this an example of negative thinking?
The Marginal Way 
I don’t think so. It is simply an acknowledgement of the awesomeness of nature and the realization that we are not in control. Fear is a reasonable response. Deb
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No, Jane, not for me. To me your reflection is “whole” thinking and narration, quite beautifully using language of wholeness. Yes, I see the terms negative and positive as human consciousness value attributions on the forces snd energies of cosmic nature. The cosmic energies do seem to flow as unitive energies weaving matter together and as fragmenting energies breaking matter open which mysteriously enables the continuous evolving of the whole. Thank you, for prompting this conversation. Joe
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