If you listen to some people, they really believe that the world is about to end. Sure—if I were still watching, reading, and listening to the news, that would probably be my impression too. As an experiment, I visited a well-known German newspaper earlier today. I wanted to quickly form my opinion. After a two-minute flight over the headlines, it was clear to me why I haven’t consumed any news in almost 10 years and probably haven’t missed anything. After all, everything is as it was back then. Bad press generates clicks, and since the news is backed by a company, it’s all about clicks, not a better world. That’s why you can find the collected negativity of the whole world there. Back to the assumption that the end of the world is near.
In the third volume of Neale Donald Walsch’s book “Conversations with God,” there is a beautiful story where Neale asks God: “Will the world end?” God responds: “What do you believe? What do you choose? Do you think you have nothing to do with the whole thing? I am not here to reveal your future. Moreover, I cannot do that either. One thing I can tell you for sure: If you are not careful, you will end up exactly where you are heading. So, if you don’t like where you are heading, change direction.”
Neale: “How do I do that with all the chaos out there?”
God: “Go within. Find your place of inner strength and ask yourself what you can do. Then get up and do exactly that. If that means writing to politicians, then do it. If your inner voice tells you to go into politics yourself, do it. And if it means simply walking your daily, personal path and bringing positivity into everything you do to prevent the people around you from panicking, then do that. What’s important is: Be courageous and brave. Look at the course of things and realize that everything will be fine. See the perfection in everything, rather than focusing on what is missing or what is wrong. Don’t try to get out of something. Because where your focus goes, your energy goes too. See the good in everything. Then the good in everything will look back at you.”
That would be my suggestion too. Put on your blue glasses and look for the good in a situation. And stay away from negative news as much as you can and want.
What made me sit up and take notice in “Conversations with God” was “I cannot predict your future.” And next week, I’ll tell you what God’s response to this statement is. It’s grand, I tell you—it’s really grand.
I wish you a fantastic week.
