power and wisdom

Not sure about this post, but here is what it felt like happened today.

I got pissed off. Righteous indignation. I don't acknowledge often that I am angry, but I was kinda seething about some folks not carrying out their responsibility, from my perspective. And in that flashpoint of anger, a full glass of cherry juice jumped off the bedside table (ok I knocked it off with my elbow) and shattered glass and sticky juice went flying.

So, it felt like I made it happen with my power. Like I threw a lightening bolt. And created chaos.

I'm thinking it is a good thing that we awaken to our capacity and power gradually, as we develop wisdom in tandem with it. I don't want to be throwing lightening bolts willy nilly. Someone or something might get hurt. I want to be sure to use my potential and power in a way that brings happiness to my family, friends, neighborhood, country, world, cosmos. Not to create chaos and destruction.

So I will continue to use all the tools at my disposal to develop compassionate wisdom.

And I will carefully do what I can to clean up the messes I make while I am learning.


sarah