Daily Inspirational Message for April 4, 2013

joyfulLet the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absent-minded. Someone sober will worry about events going badly. Let the lover be. – Rumi
 

My husband often teases me about not knowing what’s going on in the world because I don’t watch the news. Pretty much every night as I pass by the family room, I can hear him talking to himself about the latest tragedy, scandal or drama on TV. There is nothing wrong with refusing to worry about the endless calamities we have no control over. Life always has and always will hold sorrows, but we don’t have to try to compensate for that fact by being sad too. If there is nothing we can do about far-off events, it’s not irresponsible to let ourselves be happy little lovers; indeed, it’s the only way to remain sane and healthy in a world saturated by media that use fear to keep us all tuning in.