Monday Meditation

This morning's blog is coming from a street side coffee shop in the Santa Maria neighborhood of Puerto Vallarta. Back in the US there are preparations being made for today's presidential inauguration. Some are thrilled about the changes the upcoming administration will be making, many are dreading the coming years, and some are just moving forward and hoping for the best.

I'm not a doom and gloom kind of person, but I do believe that I am going to have to be more aware of social injustices in the coming months and years, and I think we will need to be more aware of what is happening as the American oligarchs take more and more control of the US government.

I am thinking of re-purposing my Monday Meditation post to focus on the teachings of past teachers of social justice and how they stood for the oppressed and how we might be able to do the same. I am most distressed by the attitudes of so many in our coming administration that are insistent about being mean to people they feel are beneath them. I have no use for bullies of any sort, but bullies with social power are the worst.

I am certain that our governmental neighbors here in Mexico and to our north in Canada are looking cautiously at the new US administration, as is the rest of the world. By this time tomorrow the war in Ukraine will be over and the price of eggs will again be reasonable, plus all US citizens will have jobs since the immigrants that have taken them will have been deported. All day 1 stuff, right?

I might need to spend some time on the beach today to purge my mind of the negative thoughts and cares that have seeped into my mind on this inaugural morning. Jesus teaches that worrying about tomorrow is foolish. Today has enough to concern us for now. 
If I consider today -- life is pretty good. I am here in Puerto Vallarta where it is beautiful. Life here is very laid back and simple. My morning Americano is good. The music on in the coffee shop is an 80s mix of familiar songs. The neighborhood streets are busy with both automobile traffic and pedestrians. People are pleasant. I am a little surprised at the number of expats that seem to be living in this very local neighborhood and am pleased that this little coffee shop is relatively busy on this Monday morning.

I think today will be a good day.
Sometimes bad things happen on good days. Let's not give too much credit to those that would bring a darkness to our otherwise sunny day.

Jesus also said -- Don't worry. I have overcome the world. I've got this!

John