It is a very sad time here in America. I have lived through a lot - more than some, less than some and I have never felt so much despair. I am an Empath so I feel everybody's emotions and it is currently overwhelming.

Right now, I sit in my quiet house in a city that is being torn apart by fear. The fear is manifesting itself in the form of protest, shouting, minor "rioting" in the form of throwing things, property damage, blocking traffic, and police retaliation. Every day it is the same. Although yesterday, which was Day 4, there were no arrests.

Other cities, major cities around the US, are not so lucky and are experiencing major physical destruction, looting that is out of control, and physical harm/injury/death. My heart hurts for all.

My Facebook feed is filled with statements justifying the reasons this is happening - valid reasons based on the history of race relations, police treatment of persons of color, and inequality for hundreds of years.

But these words, though true, are impotent without movement toward a real plan for change. George Floyd's family has gone on record asking that he would not have wanted this tearing apart of the country to be his legacy. They have requested an end to all of this but it still continues.

How do we move forward? How do we heal? How does a country called the United States actually really become "Indivisible with Liberty and Justice FOR ALL"? That is a big challenge since this country has never truly lived up to its name - we have never been the United States. Fear is allowing forces of darkness overpower the Loving and the Light. How do we combat that fear? How do we bring in the Light to our country and end the division that so many unenlightened people (from the top leadership down to the white supremacists) are working so hard to maintain?

The only answer I have for myself is to hold space for the Loving and the Light. Maybe right now, rather than explain away what is happening, the best we can do is hold the space for Grace to descend upon our country...

Namaste.