“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
― Rumi
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
― Albert Einstein
The world around us is an agreement. From the currency that we use to buy things, to the way children are educated, to what we do in retirement – it is all based on agreements and traditions that are passed down from one generation to the next.
Sometimes something happens that hastens the evolution of these customs. Wars, stocks market crashes, or pandemics are life-altering events that force society to make some changes. It is out of these moments that we can try to make everything better than it was before – but whose definition of better do we use?
If you were doing well financially, socially and personally before an event happened, then it is likely that you want things to go back as close as possible to the way they were. If you were struggling, then maybe you would like to see some differences. If you were an activist championing some cause, then you want the world to change the way you feel it should be.
With so many different cultures and personalities in this big world, sometimes finding a consensus opinion on what is good is challenging. Time will tell where we go from here.
Expand Your World – From May 21 to May 25, there is a good reason to look up. From the article How to Watch Mercury, Venus, and the Moon All Unite in This Week’s Skies on Forbes.com, Ethan Siegel, Ph.D., an astrophysicist, shares how we can all see some exciting planetary movements. The pictures and diagrams in the article are interesting and explain what’s going on in our planetary neighbourhood very well.
Ready to Travel – Some people don’t have a choice about flying. Work or family obligations put them onto planes and into the air at a time when many people are questioning how soon they will feel comfortable to fly again. One thing is for certain – it isn’t like it used to be. From The Guardian, this is an interesting look at what a return trip to Hong Kong from Europe and the subsequent quarantine looked like. Read about it here: Flying Long Haul During Covid-19
Thought of this May Day – No matter what is going on around you, as long as you stay grounded and focused on what you can control, you will be okay. When everyone around you is losing their wits, keep yours. You might need them one day. Enjoy a peaceful, beautiful day.
“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein
“What are wits for unless a man uses them?”
― Ellis Peters, The Heretic’s Apprentice