What the World Needs Now
Mother’s Day is the third biggest retail holiday of the year. And rightly so! Mother’s are celebrated highly because we know in our hearts how much they love. I was the youngest of three sons with an alcoholic father. My mother worked constantly to keep the family fed and together. She had to, as far as she was concerned. I will always be grateful for the amount of time and energy and love my mom Gladys, showed me in my sixty years that we shared in this lifetime, Most mother’s have gigantic hearts that do not have the word ‘quit’ inside them. They are all in! I watch how Lou Ann is with her daughter Uma. She is always there to support her, no matter what. There isn’t anything she wouldn’t do. She has indomitable energy to serve her daughter, and of course, her grandchildren as well. Mothering is the epitome of the feminine energy. And sometimes it is done by men.
There are a lot of problems in the world, mainly caused by men. Women, whether or not they are mother’s are what keeps the world from totally unraveling. The nurturing aspect of motherhood or the feminine is the link that makes the planet strong. Even Mother Nature is threatened by the masculine desire to conquer and obtain. Of course, Mother Nature will never lose. No matter what we humans do to her. She will survive. It is time for the world to not only honor and love mothers on Mother’s Day, but to do even more. We have a paltry percentage of women in our primary governmental offices in the United States. We would not have the crime, corruption or current prison system if women were in charge.
Men need to open their hearts and learn the lesson of the divine feminine. The Divine Feminine is experiencing a re-emergence—a rebirth into the collective consciousness. For centuries she has been downplayed, demeaned, removed from her place of honor and reverence by the dominant patriarchal culture. We are now in a time when the Divine Feminine is the subject of intense interest and many conversations and she is beginning to receive the veneration and devotion she deserves. The Divine Feminine represents the supreme level of feminine expression and manifestation in the universe. She comprises the best of the feminine in all its measure.
And the divine feminine is in all of us, women and men alike. People are coming together in refreshing ways to nurture the planet, create sustainable communities and work for social change. Veganism has hit the mainstream; yoga and meditation studios abound on every corner. In lieu of sticking it out in corporate jobs, more professionals of all ages are walking away from empty paychecks to live their dreams and nurture their truest soul callings. This awakening of human consciousness is creating movement towards greater creativity, compassion, wellness, communion with nature and a sincere respect for religious, ethnic and gender diversity.
On this Mother’s Day let us celebrate the wonderful, nurturing, giving, loving, caring women who have chosen to be mothers. Let us also celebrate those women who have chosen not to be mothers and still exemplify these traits of the divine feminine. What the world needs now, is love sweet love, not for some but for everyone! And mothers always do that! From my nurtured heart to yours, Thomas