Friday 1 March 2013

Who makes the rules? And who breaks them? It ought to be the same people. This wouldn't entitle members of government to excuse themselves from legal restrictions. But it might mean that the rest of us were more willing to accept those restrictions. Generally, it is much easier to create a climate of compliance in a situation where all feel an equal sense of ownership regarding the prevailing dos and don'ts. Where you seek an exception , the real question is, 'would you grant yourself one?If only we could narrow down all the choices and options, we could simplify everything, until we eventually came up with a 'yes' or a 'no', a 'right' or a 'wrong', a 'good' or a 'bad'. No more ifs, buts or maybes. No more special allowances for extenuating circumstances. Would life be easier then? Or would it start to resemble a cartoon - all superficial imagery, no depth or detail. You deserve a more realistic understanding than that - and so does your situation. Events  will yet bring enlightenment.
Why should today be any different to yesterday? You have lived on planet earth for quite some while. You have seen most things and encountered most situations. Surely, there is little that can surprise you? Or is there? Perhaps you are about to find out a great deal more about what is possible. If you have got a plan or even just a sincere aspiration and a heartfelt desire to fulfil this, events this  will yet prove helpful and encouraging.
 Don't assume that because the past was problematic, the future must be too.Remember that old Joni Mitchell song, Woodstock? She sang, 'We are stardust, we are golden...' And so we were - and so we still are! Stardust is what we are made of - and good quality stardust at that. None of your cheap, mass-produced stuff. And isn't something in your heart truly golden? Why, of course, it is. You need to remember that about yourself . What you truly are, what you are really made of, is magic. So why shouldn't you expect to encounter a little of that in the near future, even the world's most impressive psychics have their occasional blind spots. Just because one factor in your life is now difficult to understand or quantify, you can't start to assume that all your other insights are invalid.
It's just not true to say, 'there's nothing you can do' about a particular situation. There is something you can do. It is just that that 'something' is not something that you want to do - or maybe you don't mind doing it but you somehow suspect that it will be inadequate. But doing that small something may not yet prove to be as uncomfortable or unsatisfactory as you fear. Don't see that something as a nothing. Put your heart and soul into it. Something that faintly resembles a small miracle may yet occur. Some TV shows have voting lines. 'Dial this number if you think so and so is the best performer.' When the public phone in, they are not told, 'Thank you for registering your vote but we really ought to tell you that you have made a poor choice. The person you should have supported is X.' People like to feel fully entitled to their opinions. That is all fine, until one person feels fully entitled to think that what someone else feels fully entitled to think, is wrong! Where there is disagreement in your world now, the key to progress is tolerance.Patience and tolerance are key factors to peace.
Can you cut a long story very short? Can you simplify a complicated process? Or reduce a lot of information to a small number of salient points? It is possible that you are getting bogged down by detail. The more you think about the issues arising from a single process or plan, the more distracted you become. Yet surely every conscious human being has an obligation to be aware of the likely consequences of all their actions. Don't ignore what you need to acknowledge but do try to keep a sense of perspective. Reports may be misleading,as broadcasters still not sure of their reports,they may say that they have found this and that but not sure about the findings. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.' That, according to the Bible, is the advice that Jesus left for us all. Well, he said some other good stuff too, but that is a particularly apposite message for you  given all that is happening in the sky. The question is not, 'are you being fair?' but 'are you being quite as fair as you might hope that someone else would be with you if the tables were turned in a particular situation?'

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