Welcome to episode 3,256 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you to day two of this week's series. In today's episode, you are going to be guided with insight about an important theme you're exploring this week. This is a week

where you are unlocking tomorrow. This is a meditation series for peace and purpose in a changing

world. A world you are navigating, and you're going to be

envisioning your future in today's episode. I'll share with you insight from the book we are

following along with. This is a book called Active Hope, How to Face the

Mess We're Going in Without Going Crazy. It's a book by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone. You'll see

the title of the book in the episode notes below.

Well, in this book, there is a process to help guide you through active hope.

And active hope is a practice. So what you'll be doing is you'll be guided through a powerful framework

for navigating the complexity of our times. So when you're thinking about technology and you're not sure where it's taking the world

or politics or the economy or social issues, all of these frameworks of human life,

they are being challenged at this time. So active hope is a way to encourage you

to acknowledge the challenges we face to connect with your feelings of perhaps grief or fear or

anxiety or maybe you're excited,

and to actively participate in creating a better future.

So it's a call to action, and it's a call for cultivating resilience.

So it's a reminder that you are interconnected and have a role to play.

And all that's happening in the world, you are not separate from it.

You are engaged within it.

You are creating the change that's taking place in the world today.

And the most important way you can take part in this change and to navigate it,

it's not often by what you do in the outside world.

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