It is our responsibility to make every effort to improve matters, and then let go of control, trust in the universe, and accept the results.

This is going to be a difficult time for the people of our world. Maybe it is a wakeup call letting us know that we dance on a fragile planet and need to cherish life, nature, our bodies and each other.

A part of me wonders if everything is going to crash all around me. Another part realizes that it is my choice how I let it affect me personally, regardless of what happens in my life. I try to live in each moment as it arrives and enjoy it all: Gain and loss, happiness and sadness, the dark compressions of fear and the bright expansions of bliss.

Crisis can either wake us up or make us hovel in fear and go back to sleep in a cloud of unknowing. It can awaken us to the power that is lying dormant deep in our hearts. It can prompt us to be determined to follow our personal spiritual path and pursue our true life’s purpose. Or it can provoke us to go back into hiding, driven by the worries of losing what we have (things, people, our identities, etc.) and of not having enough money in the future. It can even drive us deeper into our addictions, make us hide behind our job, personality, or social status.

Do I allow the visions of the worst-case scenario to flood my mind? Do I let the negative hormones and other harmful chemicals rage inside my body, increase my internal stress, and make me even more susceptible to disease? If I get sick, do I forget about my natural healing abilities and helplessly succumb to the illness?

Or do I ask to receive spiritual images that create positive ideas and bring healing energy into my body? Do I call to my invisible guiding beings to help me find my powers and initiate a healing process?

Am I afraid? Yes, at times. My inner child can have periods of doubt and despair and feel like it is drowning in stress. This is a natural human trait. The fear comes and goes. It leaves quickly when I turn my attention to higher vibrations. It remains and causes suffering as long as I give it energy and attention and let it drain my power. It is balanced and softened by relaxation and self-healing techniques. It is released by something very powerful—my faith in a greater plan.

Now, whenever this anxiety begins to flare up, a soft inner voice tells it to breathe deeply and slowly, and it calms down. I ask my mind to expand, my body to relax, and my spirit to shine a light that will comfort, uplift and empower me—even if it is only for a short time.

I try to create an opening to my Higher Self, change the channel, and imagine that I am walking in a peaceful nature scene. If there is a solution to my dilemma, it can only come to me if I am relaxed, open minded, and accepting. If there is nothing that I can do to change the outside world, I ask for serenity. I focus on changing my internal reactions to it and trying to learn from it to become stronger, wiser, and more compassionate. I also seek ways to make things better for others.

What about the possibility of dying?

Even though death is inevitable, the question is: “Is this the right time for me to rise into the heavens as a free spirit again? Or is my time to die somewhere in the future?” I have faith that my body will know the correct time to die. Until then, I will try to live fully in each moment as it arrives, as a human being who has greater spiritual potential.