SOTC 🇺🇸

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

5:42 PM

On the night of the election, I sat down to watch the results trickle in around 7pm. Confident that America would make the right choice, I was not inclined to believe that Kamala's slow start in collecting states would be reflective of the outcome. I turned off the news around 11pm and went to sleep. I told myself, "When I wake up tomorrow morning, I'll turn on the news and see the check next to Kamala's name."

The next morning I woke up and avoided my phone, the news and the radio until I was mentally prepared for it. As I got myself ready to take my daughter to school, I heard my intuition quite clearly: "Nobody's gonna save you but you." I tried to ignore it.

Every morning, my next door neighbor stands outside waiting for his son's school bus to arrive to put his kid on the bus. He's always so chipper in the mornings (I don't know how you "morning people" do it!). But when I walked outside that morning and saw the look of existential dread on my neighbor's face, my heart sank to the Earth's core.

I tried to get through my day without letting negative thoughts get the best of me, but they won that day. Especially when I walked in the gym and saw a man on the elliptical with a MAGA shirt on. Later that evening I sat in the car outside of my house, and I could feel a wave of dense, heavy energy from the collective. After fighting my emotions all day, I finally decided to let it out. I cried harder than I've cried in a long time. Like one of those cries when you stop breathing for like 10-15 seconds at a time? It was bad, y'all.

Finally after I gathered myself, I heard my intuition again. "This is not your energy. Let it pass without attaching a story to it." So that's what I did. I cried until I felt like the negative energy had bottomed out, I called all of my energy back to me from the collective, and I moved on with my evening.

I've been avoiding the news like the plague ever since. Nothing good can come from watching the news these days. I cleaned up my social media timelines and muted any and every word that had anything to do with politics. I remembered that my emotions, my energy, my state of being, are my power. And regardless of what's going on in the outside world that's out of my control, my power is within my control.

Nobody's gonna save you but you; meaning, don't seek refuge in the outside world. Recognize that everything going on outside is designed to put you in a state of panic and fear; stay vigilant. Protect your vibration. Energy flows where attention goes, and your energy is currency, so the more you "pay" attention to negative circumstances, the more you buy into the darkness.

My best advice: Turn away from the world and focus on yourself. Get active, and give your body the movement it craves. Release some anxiety by lifting weights. Release stress by attending a yoga class, pilates, hell, pole dancing... anything to move your body. Fellas, I see y'all hitting the gym! But don't leave the lower body workouts and stretching for the ladies only. Emotional tension is stored in the hips! Hit some squats, release the tension in your hips. Try some HIIT workouts to release pent up stress and anxiety. Fortify your temple physically, and then go within. In a quiet room, sit down and close your eyes. Breathe in through your nose for a count of 4, hold your breath for 6 seconds, and then exhale through your mouth for a count of 7. Do this several times. Once you feel calm, say out loud to yourself: "I am now calling all of my energy back to me, back home to this body." Allow all of the thoughts running through your mind to process, without judgment, and then let them go. Once your mental activity has slowed down, notice the inner peace you feel. This is the Peace of God. Stay there for as long as you need to, and once you're done, take this Peace with you everywhere you go. Do this as often as you need to, to feel grounded and centered again.

At a time when it feels like the State of the Country is more divided than ever, God requires us to lead with love. We can practice self-love in this case by protecting our energy. Then, spread love to everyone who will accept it; your high vibrations are contagious. Keep your head up and your focus on your own internal heaven. And finally, let's make a decision to stand together in unity and love. God is love. And against God, evil doesn't stand a chance. We will get through this together, unified, and determined to see a better world.

I love you.

Danielle