“Its Better to Be For Something than against Something” HH the 14th Dalai Lama

Tom Robbins author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and many other books,  said that there are really only two mantras on the planet: Yum + Yuck!  The Indian Saint Ammachi has also stated that there are really only two emotions on the planet: Love and Fear. I find that I am in either Unconditional Love or I am in judgement.  I prefer to to stay in unconditional love.  It fosters hope, peace, equanimity and non-judgment.  In an era when we see some much contrast, polarization and intolerance wouldn’t it be better for all of us to be for something rather than against? You can be against war, but wouldn’t it be more practical to be for Peace.  Mother Theresa would never attend an anti-war rally, but she would attend peace rallies. Being for something is like putting your canoe in the river and flowing towards that which it naturally seeks as opposed to swimming upstream…its exhausting.  If we would look for commonality between everyone we meet, we will always find it. If we are looking for difference we will always find that too.  In fostering a preference of commonality and respect we can more quickly get to win-win. Everyone on the planet has a different moral, ethical, spiritual compass. We can co-exist if we are for something rather than against.