Multigenerational Thinking

Maybe it’s the 250th anniversary of the United States or possibly the church I drove by with a sign out front saying “established” with a 140 year building period that got me thinking about generational thinking. Or possibly it was a commentator on tv that said when immigrants came to the country the first generation knew it would be hard on them; to learn a new culture, language, and build a home. Yet the immigrant would say “my grandchildren will have a better life than I did.”

I have been stewing in this a lot this past week. How quick my generation has been to want fast, quick, efficient, when some things require an investment beyond our physical lifespan.

I sat in the cathedral with that one hundred and forty year old sign in front of it and I looked at the stained glassed windows and wondered how long that took to create in the 1800s. I wondered how many families donated to it knowing their names would not be attached, investing in beauty out of love of God, and I was again moved by the selfless endeavor of wanting more and beautiful for future generations.

I think this way, often, about consciousness. I know the work I have done in shifting my patterns has impacted my mother, daughter, and grandchildren as we share the same DNA, not to mention the same field. I know when I forgive someone not only do I become free but those in my lineage do too. When I praise someone, collective good happens. When I recognized beauty; the same. When I heal something physical, the whole becomes lighter.

I don’t yet have an answer, yet I sit and ponder what I want to plant into the Field to bloom in another generation. Many people plan their portfolio, their wealth this way. But what about consciousness? Is it worth investing in cleaning, clearing, and opening to the Eternal for yourself and those who are your community? I believe so. I ponder what is next for me as I move forward holding my beloved’s hand. What will I create? What will we create? How can we BE that influences the Whole for the better?