Beware the Scared Ones

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There are certain emotions that, when misplaced, can be extremely toxic. Toxic in the sense that they breath bad energy, they destroy a good mood in a place, they seem to create a space for bad to happen. Fear, anxiety, anger, despair.

The worse thing about these emotions to me is that, people with these things tend to look for people who are at ease to latch onto them! Its as if they want that peace that the person at ease possesses, but they don't know how to attain such a thing. So they latch on. They latch on and start breathing their fears, their anxiety, and try to pollute the other guy's place. "What's gonna be??!!" they ask, "What's gonna be??!!"

Don't confuse this type for the wise, prudent type. The prudent ones see there is trouble ahead. They plan for it. For example, this economy. (its interesting that I take a real time example, the fearful ones can latch onto that). Money is falling down, everyone is concerned, The wise prudent ones will gather the advices that are out there: buy gold. buy silver. stock up in dry goods. buy land. etc. The wise, prudent ones will do what they can and not worry about the coming "winter" as in proverbs.

But the fearful ones will go to every ear -especially that of those at ease and try to shed their fear onto them. "But don't you see its all part of a great plan to annihilate me!!!" "the Big Boys are omnipotent and the are watching you at this very moment!!" Its not enough that the prudent ones are taking steps, somehow, if a display of these destructive spirits are not in the air, the fearful ones are not happy.

Know! Even if you don't believe in God, there are forces in the universe. There is a pull to make everything unified, and there is a pull to separate.

Basically, conspiracy theories attribute a level of power and control that only really belongs to God. So that they misplace a belief and faith in God and put in in the hands of man, like a cheap counterfeit. Not to say that there haven't been people behind big things that have happened in history, but not with the scope and consistency (the span of years, decades, centuries from the same group or person) the conspiracy theorists imagine. Oy vey! That-- that's only in God's hands.

Look, I don't discount all the conspiracies that I hear or suspect myself; but the paranoid energy, I could do without.

To a degree, you can only do your Hishtadlut -your effort. You do what you can, to the best of your ability, and leave the rest to God (or if you don't believe, at some point you gotta believe even in your own effort!)You live a simple life: basic foods, basic manual skills, your basic needs met basically and add complexities as you feel more confident about them.

So good luck to everyone on our journey in life, but have some joyful moments to reflect upon as well-and please stay away from the fearful ones.