I had a very insightful, interesting meeting this past week. I am an advocate for children who have been removed from their parents due to abuse or neglect. In this meeting I was advised that some rules that had been used in the past to determine whether or not a parent could have their rights terminated, have been changed by a new administration. The bottom line to this in a current case is that the children who had suffered severe abuse at the hands of their parents, and were being prepared for adoption, are now being put in a limbo that may subject them to further trauma. As I sat listening to how these new rules were going to be implemented, I could feel my anger being triggered. I was aware that it was being triggered, but no matter how I challenged it, it kept rising. As I made a very conscious choice to do my best to challenge it, I decided to look at who I was angry with. There was no one person I felt this anger toward. I was not even feeling any anger toward the parents who had hurt these precious children. I could feel the concern that all those at the meeting were expressing, even though their ideas about how to resolve this case were different than mine. My old pattern of getting angry when I felt helpless had emerged. This time I understood the opportunity I was being given. And besides I couldn’t find anyone to manipulate or blame for what I was feeling. So what good was my anger? I was able to see it as the tacks, so to speak, that I could throw in the road to flatten their tires, but it was not going to do anything to help me be a better driver! Once I realized that my anger was a nebulous screen designed to keep me from seeing everyone involved as souls who were on this journey with me, I could say what needed to be said with clarity and without fear. I know there is so much more to this situation than what my limited five senses were showing to me. I want to use my energy in synchrony with the Universe, not railing against it’s wisdom. Namaste, Pam