Comments on: On Choosing Our Battles

By: Sandra / Always Well Within

Sandra / Always Well Within — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:14:12 +0000

Belinda,

We all need this encouragement! By encouraging yourself, you have encouraged us all. I love your choices and applaud your dedication.

By: ayala

ayala — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:18:17 +0000

Today is a sad day for you, I am sorry for your loss.

By: meg

meg — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:15:07 +0000

The world is indeed too much with us. I like your solutions

By: Talon

Talon — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:29:25 +0000

I’m so sorry your son is unwell, Belinda. Hopefully the virus is a short-lived one.

Yes, there is so much to distress over in the world. I try hard to do everything I can to contribute to making it a better place in my little corner of it and offer what I can, where I can to help in other areas. It’s hard to find that balance of not being so overwhelmed that you stop feeling that anything you do is much too little…

By: Rudri Bhatt Patel @ Being Rudri

Rudri Bhatt Patel @ Being Rudri — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:03:02 +0000

Lovely insight Belinda. I feel a sense of helplessness when I look at these trajedies. But I do believe that we can all be the instruments of change. Even if it is small. All of the small waves of goodwill has to translate into the collective. I believe that.
Hope you feel better.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:01:12 +0000

What a great post. I must admit that I try to steer clear of much of the media circuits, but it is amazing how much you can still learn about the world by just being in it. I love your way of fixing that hurts that are out there as well. I have two little ones and I hope that I can raise them to be caring individuals. I think the more love and caring that exists in the world, the better chance there is for a little more harmony. Peace to you and your journey.

By: Molly@Postcards from a Peaceful Divorce

Molly@Postcards from a Peaceful Divorce — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:18:17 +0000

I love how you broker peace at home. It all starts at home. Our peace can resonate out bit by bit, person by person, wave by wave. I believe that.

By: Eva Evolving

Eva Evolving — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:54:30 +0000

Belinda, thank you for this post. You articulate much of what has been on my mind and heart lately. Such tragedy in our world, and such a feeling on helplessness. A sense that I’m not doing anything to help by just going about my regular business, my job and my chores and my mundane daily life. But that’s not the point. We do what we can, where we are. We say prayers for those in danger, we take inventory of our blessings. And I especially love your point about raising your son to be a compassionate, generous human being – this is the greatest thing you can do to help the world right now. It is a high calling, to help raise the next generation.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:29:08 +0000

Thanks, Ayala. If I learned anything from breaking my no internet/news rule this weekend, it’s that I need to stop breaking my no internet/news rule on the weekends ; ). It’s good to know what’s going on in the world but it’s even better to remember that we don’t have to feel overpowered by the intensity of what’s happening, that we’re not helpless despite how dire things look and we can do something to sprinkle a little good news through our days.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:17:39 +0000

Oh TE, sorry to hear about the lost contract; a slice of life only too real for so many more these days….I think the battles you are currently choosing are always worth the fight…thanks for sharing.