There are practical problems.
At the same time there are some interesting rules, for He also said:
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."One of our folk wisdoms reminds us that problems are also opportunities, that obstacles and endings are also doorways, and that
necessity is the mother of invention.
What would we do without the challenges that problems present?
For example:When something fails to work - that is when our government does something stupid, such as given more and more rights to media corporations - we do well not to give up, but rather to understand that we have the power to create our own media, to set up something that works for us, and to ignore what wealth seeks to impose. We have to not let these things seem as defeats, but rather as goads to creative responses.
The usurpers of powers, like the terrorists, gain their greatest advantage
when we let ourselves be defeated in mind, or heavy of heart.
In such a heavy state, all we have to do is reach out and touch hands, for when we share our burdens and our work, their heaviness disappears. Activism and Wisdom is something we do together.