That Still Small Voice - April 2026

That Still Small Voice

I sometimes find it very hard to write these monthly blogs, mostly because I endeavour to be honest, optimistic and practical.  Sometimes it is quite hard to be optimistic in our current world situation.  I could, of course, ignore it.  I could say that it was all an illusion or that we do all create our own realities or whatever is going on externally is a reflection of what is happening internally, but sometimes I feel there is so much heart break and grief, so much sorrow and fear that it is hard to write something happy.

Of course some people believe and I to some extent do also that we are going through some sort of birthing pains where a new humanity is being born.  That thought has certainly been a support for me at times, but when I see the way that people are treating one another, I sometimes wonder what kind of humanity is being born right now.

Yet despite all that is going on, despite all the bad press, despite the horrors that are being presented to us, not only on mainstream media but certainly on social media and campaigns you might have signed up to, despite all this there is still hope, there is that still small voice that tells me not to worry.  It comforts me when I feel heartbroken, it is joyful when I appreciate and have gratitude for what I have and what is around me.  This still small voice guides me and shares my life with me.

When I tune in to my heart centre, I can feel the calm, the peace, the love and the sometimes, surprisingly, the joy.  The human part of me cannot aways understand why in such times as this there is joy, but the Soul part of me feels the joy, simply from being, being alive, experiencing all that this planet has to offer.

In these times when I don’t feel very optimistic I find it helps to think of the little kindnesses that we do for one another.  A friend was telling me that when she was chatting to a supermarket cashier (yes, we do still need them), and was telling her that her partner had been in hospital for over a week, someone in the queue overheard and immediately left the queue and came back with bunch of flowers as a gift to ‘cheer her up’.

I stopped to let someone out of a side road and into the queue of traffic I was stuck in, I not only got a wave and a smile but she then stopped further along the traffic jam to let someone else in.  These little shows of kindness cheer me immensely and turn a grey day into a sparkling sunshine filled day.

With all the horror happening the the world at the moment, these little acts of kindness are so very special and I find myself looking out for opportunities to be kind to someone else, to bring a smile to someone else.  It is most rewarding and I think, helps to create higher energy which is so very much needed right now.

No matter what our own personal circumstances are, it costs nothing to show kindness to others, unless of course you are going to go buying bunches of flowers to cheer someone else up.  I remember once chatting to a little old lady at the bus stop, we got on so well and we had lots in common.  When I got off and waved goodbye to her, I noticed how cheered I was, so I don’t know who was cheering who.

It is easy to get bogged down with our own problems and with what is happening in the world, but to bring some kindness, some joy to others is so very rewarding that I really don’t know why everyone doesn’t do it.  It certainly makes you feel better than reading some of the comments on social media that try to bring you down and bring down the energy too.  I think it would be a good idea if those of us who do use social media actually posted things that made us happy or reported those kindnesses that someone has shown to us.  You never know, we might be able to change the energy on social media.

Find that place within you that is calm and peaceful, that place in you that is joyful no matter what is happening around you, find that place of gratitude then open your heart and let those in who, because of their circumstances, can’t hear their own still small voice right now.

Much love, Patricia