“When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, “Let it be”, and in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, “Let it be.”
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be whisper words of wisdom, let it be.”
This anaphora in the famous Beatle song comes to mind when my thoughts circle around matters I can’t really change, and must let it be!
So many of my opinions differ from those of the mainstream. This is so, starting with the whole pandemic situation, which is already getting stale by now, to the war in Ukraine, to the energy shortage prediction for this coming winter. I think to myself, if only people would use their common sense.
However, the power games in this world don’t seem to end. The greed for more and more of everything doesn’t seem to stop, and the money makes the world go round still seems to be applicable. Has humanity learned nothing during the past centuries? Why don’t we learn from history? Does every generation have to experience all the grandfather’s mistakes for themselves?
So many questions I cannot find answers for. Discussions with friends don’t really help. They too, it seems, don’t have answers, only different opinions. And then the who is right game starts.
I ponder, is my opinion really the only right one? Is there really a right opinion at all? Or, rather an as well as, depending on my perspective, depending on which glasses I look through? I am looking through the eyes of a grandmother, a retired Swiss who lives comfortably in a home with no financial struggle, and no big worries about health, and I’m fortunate to travel to Maui/HI during the cold Swiss winter. Personally, I can’t complain. I don’t need to worry.
Where then lies the problem? It seems I take on the worries and concerns of my environment, my neighbors, my friends, my family, and the world in general. And then the monkey mind starts on its merry-go-round: if only they would stop the war, if only they would see a good doctor, if only they would stop quarreling, if only they would listen, if… if…if…
And then, the only wise answer might be – LET IT BE!
Really, I don’t need to fix other people’s problems. I don’t need to interfere in actions I might look at as wrong, as they might be just the right thing for someone else’s learning process. I don’t necessarily need to help if I am not asked for it.
I can relax and watch the world go by in awe with compassion, with curiosity about what might happen next, and most of all in deep gratitude for what I have, for what I have accomplished, for who I am, and, for having the grace – TO JUST LET IT BE!