This is the third week of January 2010. It’s Martin Luther King day. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort but where he stands at times of challenge and discovery.” I read Martin Luther King’s quote and I wonder where it is I am standing.

Yesterday a friend sent me a link to a movie posted on YouTube, Farewell to the Republic. I watched 10 minutes of it and stopped it, no longer able to listen to people talking about the manipulation of the world by corporations who own it essentially. It felt too big to handle and seemed to render my own passion useless in a world that may not exist as we know it now very soon. Instead of following a passion, shouldn’t we be figuring out how to best take care of ourselves in a society described as falling apart?

My answer is to keep our heads into the winds of fear. Let them blow past and thru and eventually die down.  Stay with the rhythm, keep moving. Continue taking the steps committed to take thru this day and this week. Trusting and following the calling, allowing it to unfold as it will, paying attention to what shows up and adjusting accordingly.