When you hear about hurricanes, earthquakes, fires and floods, do you respond with fear, dispondancy, anger, and frustration? If you respond emotionally, you are not alone.

With the intensity and frequency of natural disasters in the last few months, people have mentioned the ending of the planet as we have known it. They have predicted severe changes in how we use our natural resources and have indicated the economic impact accordingly. There are the doomsday predictors, the "hide head in the sand" avoiders, the "I told you so," preachers, and there have been those who have taken action to make a difference.

In the broad spectrum of possibilities, take a look at your pattern of responding to reports and predictions. If we live out of fear, our perspective will be short-sighted and limited in direction or impact. If we refuse to engage in the conversation, we allow others to take action on our behalf and become victims to the results.

If we are conscious to the possibilities and are willing to research potential actions and outcomes, we can make informed decisions. Without getting inundated with information, it is important to take some action that is individually appropriate, something that focuses your feelings into an action that matters.

Some will choose to do something that protects, heals or provides service. Some will provide money and resources to support the devastation and damage. Some will report about the reasons for the storms. Others will talk about the effects and even others will project blame.

Each natural disasters generates and releases a tremendous amount of energy. Speculation indicates that if we could harness the energy of a single bolt of lightening, we could potentially provide electricity for a major city for a year. Without being a scientist, I can only imagine how much energy that represents.

So what could happen if each of us imagined ourselves pulling the energy out of a hurricane wind and directing it to healing a particular situation or place on the planet that calls us. Prayer is expressed in many forms and participating in the release and chanelling of energy may be one of them.

With every destructive energy comes also the opportunity for a creative force. How will we use the energy of change and chaos, to create or destroy further:
to avoid or discover
to deny or research
to blame or to take responsibility
to be immmobilized or to take action
to feel helpless or to join in community
to dramitize or simplify
to to preach or personally alter your life
to whine or be grateful for your life

The choice is yours. Make it wisely. Choose it consiously. Whether you do something or nothing, your choice matters. You make a difference.