love beetle style

today, clinging to the bottom of the orange thai pants i’m wearing, i discovered two copper-gold beetles copulating.

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it came up again briefly this morning, that angst that’s attached to an anticipation that certain people may not continue to support me - support me in any of the forms that that can take - if i am well and even thriving.  and i realized - yes, now i see it - that even if that were true,  that kind of support - the kind that would leave because i am well and thriving - is not the best support possible.  so, what’s the loss?   not so very much.

makes me think of the old way in china - does it still operate this way in certain regions there?  - where the doctors were paid not when a patient was ill but when he/she was healthy.  our system here is upside-down and backwards.  the doctors’ support comes when we are ill, at which time we reward them  for this orientation with payment.  and the support effectively evaporates when we are well;  they have very little to offer then.  everything is oriented to the symptom, so little to the cause.  preventive care is spoken of, but focus on the ill and our ills is the rule.    that is not a healthy system.

healthy or healthful is an emphasis on that which is genuinely nourishing, on what is best in a person or community or society, on the gifts, talents and special ways that lie there.  healthy is placing more energy and effort into acknowledging, supporting and strengthening those vital ways.  our focus creates our world.  what can we do in any given moment or situation to see what’s before us and highlight the kindness or generosity or innovative thought or creation that’s there.  to dwell more in the land of love and loving with everybody.    am i suggesting that we ignore our ills or our ill?  no, of course not.  (i need that kind of attention right now!) we need to know them from the inside-out.  but, with an emphasis on love and nourishment of what is best in us, the best in us flourishes, leaving less room for the ills to take hold.  what follows naturally is a healthy or healthier individual, community and society.

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love and excellent health for you all!