Here's mine -
I agree that love is all that matters. My spirituality is simple: we are all connected. So those who hurt, who are hurt, also diminish ourselves.
I don't know if I'm a nihilist. I'll need to Google that. I know my personal philosophy is taking a paradigm shift however. It's no longer "if," but "when". I'm a huge lover of nature and animals. My heart breaks for them. It's like death. I've moved from sadness and anger to, for now, resignation.
I'm also a huge lover of the Dude. That would be a good flick to re-watch. One of the few I own.
Included in my shift is a letting go. As horrible as this summer has been around the world, I live in eastern Washington, which was ravaged by the state's largest wildfire in recorded history, that destroyed over 300 homes and most of my summer plans. As a nature lover, I live outdoors. This summer I had to keep my windows and doors shut, my house animals inside, and my outside animals elsewhere to get them out of the choking smoke.
THere were a couple of days on our river, when the smoke lifted in the afternoon, when we women got silly and giddy, like there was no tomorrow. We drank hot rum and pepsi from plastic bottles, and, given that we are in Washington state, smoked a little hootch before heading out on our floaties. The song that kept playing through my head went, "Don't they know, it's the end of the world..."
I gained a little acceptance that day. I decided, instead of grieving ALL the time, I should take a little time out to enjoy what's left of it.
And I did.
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