Thursday, February 27, 2025
In September, hurricane Helene skirted our area and then clobbered the panhandle. She then caused catastrophic flooding in the mountains of Western, North Carolina. In your home-owner’s insurance policy, a fallen tree, a tornado, or a lightning strike are “Acts of God.” And there is a general attitude that we can’t do anything about “Acts of God.”
A so-called natural disaster gets a pass. It might suck, but what are you going to do? We accept the spontaneous happening of nature – like a bird pooping on your car. But then when it comes to our own acts, we take credit. We apologize for our disruptive behavior, or our poots – as if we had something to do with it, like a gust of wind.
Like a named storm, you’re a natural disaster. Man-made climate change is real; but is there a difference between man-made and nature-made? Natural disasters are out of control. Yet we have to step up to the mic for our so-called personal actions.
Hurricane Helene came out of nowhere, had a name, a story, a persona, a track or “will,” and she caused damage in the billions. Yet she was an “Act of God.” We gave her freewill, clung to her unpredictable ways, and considered her a natural phenomenon. Yet, we don’t see the same principle at work in ourselves.
You have a name, a track, a story, and a crash course with destiny, but are you not a spontaneous “Act of God.” It’s ALL an act. Why would you be any different than this thing we called “Helene?” The key is to relinquish the notion of control. You are a natural “disaster,” about which you can do nothing. Accept truth. Once you let go of willpower, disasters stop “striking,” and miracles ignite with phenomenal precision and effortlessness.