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I’ve been chatting with people on Twitter about the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico today. It’s a topic that brings up a lot of sadness and anger for most people, I think. To watch, with a feeling of helplessness, as thousands of barrels of oil pump into our beautiful ocean every day is heartbreaking. So what can we do?

Does our anger and our sadness help the situation? If we could fill that hole with anger and sadness, it would have been sealed up weeks ago. It hurts my heart when I think of how terrible this situation is, ESPECIALLY when it’s something that is completely unnecessary. We don’t need to drill for oil in the ocean. It’s obvious how dangerous it is, and not just now that it’s happening. This could have been prevented by not drilling oil wells in the ocean. Plain and simple.

But it HAS happened and now we’re suffering the consequences. So what can we do about it?

Aside from cutting down our use of oil, which I think we all should do, and CAN do, what can we do with this anger and sadness? I urge you to turn that anger around. Whenever you feel that emotion of anger or sadness about the Gulf, take a moment and turn that energy towards hope. Send your loving intentions to the Gulf. Send your intention for a solution. Send your hope and optimism out into the world. All it takes is ONE spark of inspiration for a real solution. Sure, we still have all those other oil wells that shouldn’t even be there in the first place, but we can focus on healing that situation later. This crisis is calling for our collective intentions.

Yes, the BP people “deserve” much more than a spanking, but focusing on how they should be punished isn’t constructive. Focusing on the SOLUTION is the only thing that can save us now in this moment. It really is our only hope. When we spend our time and energy focusing on the problem, the bad guys, the idiocy and greed of it all, that is wasted energy. And many will say we have no control over this oil leak. For us, as individuals, that may be true. But our love, our hope and our pure intention is never wasted.

Today, and every day until the leak is sealed, let’s make a promise to re-focus our energy. As soon as we notice those negative feelings, stop and breathe and think about what you want to see happen. What we ALL want to see happen: a speedy solution, a quick clean-up, and a healthy ocean.

I pray this crisis will be the catalyst for positive environmental change. Won’t you join me?

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Recently, a Nigerian man boarded a plane in Amsterdam and attempted to set off a bomb as the plane neared its destination of Detroit. Thankfully, the bomb didn’t go off properly and some passengers and airline staff were able to tie the man up until the authorities arrived.

Understandably, this event has sparked fear and anger in many people. Whenever something like this happens, our feelings of safety and security are threatened. That is why it’s called “terrorism.” The act is designed to terrorize as many people as possible.

However, I want to point out that right now is a time of forgiveness. I’m not condoning any violent attacks on ANY person or group of people. I’ve been seeing messages on Twitter directed at entire countries and entire religions since this attack. I won’t get into specifics but the messages are about punishing, hurting or imprisoning millions, if not billions, of people based solely on their religion and/or place of birth. This is ridiculous. The Muslim religion does not condone violence in any way. It is a religion of peace. Just because one person holds anger, hatred and violence in his heart, it does not mean that the entire population holds those same feelings.

It’s unfortunate when something like this happens. When we allow ourselves to feel fear, anger and hatred, THE TERRORIST WINS. This is the intent behind an attack. The intent is to instill feelings of fear, to pin one group of people against another and to bring about more violence. Do not let one silly man with crazy ideas WIN.

To blame an entire nation of people based on the mistakes of ONE MAN is literally giving that one man all the power. Like when a schoolyard bully pokes fun, if you react in the way he wants, this only reinforces the behavior. Don’t give the bully what he wants.

I’m not asking you to forgive this terrorist. In an ideal world, I would say yes, forgive him and move on. But this incident is too fresh to ask for that right now. What I will ask of you is to hold love in your heart for the six billion other people on the planet. All the people, of all the religions, who only want to love and live in happiness. Don’t allow the mistakes of one man to cloud your view of the world. Don’t allow the hatred and fear in one man’s heart to penetrate your own. Love is always the answer. More hatred, more fear, more anger will only continue the cycle and escalate the level of negativity in the world. Again, this is the desired outcome of terrorism.

I want to send love to my brothers and sisters of all religions. Of all faiths. Of all skin colours, of all countries. We are now WELL into to the twenty-first century. Let’s start acting our age. This is an age of love and forgiveness. This is an age of enlightenment. I ask you to hold a space of love in your heart for all the people of the world. We are doing so well. We are learning and growing and accepting at a level we’ve never seen before. Let’s keep up the good work and NOT allow one crazy schoolyard bully to upset our beautiful progress.

Love and hugs to you. May the fear in your heart be soothed and comforted, so the true essence of your being is able to shine through.

xoxo