Spiritually speaking, if you just step back and observe, do things tend to fall into place by themselves?

[annie42]

I think many elderly people have seen that this can indeed be a powerful force for positive change...I think we may have lost the tools that involve really really listening, and taking our time before we act or talk. "Look before you leap". "Think before you speak". We are the twitter generation (well, my twittering is the bird outside, but you know what I mean). maybe it will play out ok, though, in the end...when we get tired of all the noise and the violence and the rudeness, and we all make that inner pledge to slow things down a bit. However, it is all a balance. One cannot sit by when there is work to be done, and injustices to right. It is a chicken-sh*t position to sit by and meditate all day, in my not-so-humble opinion.