LOVE . . . and 2012

Originally Posted June 2. 2010 on Facebook:

One of our critical needs in order to fully maintain psychological balance is the need for love -- both to give it and receive it. This doesn't necessarily mean only a romantic love -- love for and from our children, family, friends, even our pets are all key components in maintaining a sense of well-being.

In my one on one readings with people I always look towards the psychological drivers underneath the surface that may unconsciously steer them towards certain patterns in their lives. Typically, this is a compensatory action that, under a microscope, stems from a feeling of non-love, or abandonment.

All people -- everybody -- want to love and to be loved. Everybody.

In the world right now there are many things happening that cause us to feel both unloved and unloving. There are wars across the globe, financial hardships tearing families apart, ecological trauma to our beautiful Mother Earth, obvious ethical breeches from our elected officials and on and on.

It is not so easy sometimes in this environment to maintain a loving spirit.

But in times of crisis, especially in times of crisis, feeling and giving love is critical. It may be all we have.

But it's enough.

I have made my reputation, such as it is, in large measure from making predictions about global events. Of course, this is but a small part of what I do but it is something that has helped draw attention to my work as a psychic and -- for the most part -- those were predictions of things people didn't much want to hear about -- economic problems, ethics violations and scandals, tragic floods and earthquakes and . . . well you can see my point, I'm sure.

But I always have said (and continue to say) that these are events that ONLY provide a backdrop to our lives; they are not the determinants of what we do or how we feel, but rather just background noise on which we can choose to turn the volume up or down.

However, I felt very strongly that the background scenarios and events I predicted would happen (and usually they did) and, if they did happen, we would be forced, as a result, to deal with them as they happened on their terms -- but I have never EVER lost a profound sense of optimism or a sense of ultimate renewal. Nor should you.

I have, over the last 3 years, very publicly proclaimed the months from May to October of 2010 to be a "hard time" -- the "real 2012" . . . a time of ecological and financial upheaval.

We have already seen more tragic floods, the growing crisis in the Gulf, rising tensions around the globe in, among other places, Israel and Korea and Pakistan, as well as financial problems in Europe and the US straining our sense of optimism to the max.

And it is likely, on so many levels, to soon get much worse.

To me these next 5-6 months are as bad as it gets. But, here's the real deal. No matter how complex these next few months may be, our love will get us through.

I see 2012 as being like Y2K. I see us dancing and singing and carting babies around on our hips and having a happy world. Our world is not going to end; in fact, I think we are growing in to a beautiful phase . . . but we need flowers and butterflies and happy thoughts to keep us going.

Love your neighbor, hug your child but most importantly . . . please please be kind to yourself. We will rise above these short-term disruptions and hold our heads high.

We are people who know love and, because of that, we will rebound and build, once more, a beautiful world :)