Standing For

Much of life is the capacity to stand for something, in favor (as it resonates with your personal philosophies) of an outcome that will most likely result in a general direction of "for" - OR - the standing against an opposing belief.  In standing for, we create a constructive intent -- the desire to see fruition as it would mirror our value placed on the situation.  And sadly, there's a realization that much action is invested in standing against things rather than for them.  It's everywhere! Politics and media relations come to mind as the black hole of irritating against. But that aside...


There's a sense of freedom when you align your cause with standing for the elements of power in your environment that they might produce something effective and beautiful.  For instance, I stand for: the cause of open, loving, caring relationships -- in love and friendship, I stand for teaching children that they have the power to view life in the most positive of scopes..through standing for.
It takes less energy to stand for and in the feng-shui  sense, accepting the for from others is nearly effortless and creates a wholeness to the being.  Standing against presents two resistive forces - kind of like running your car head-on into a brick wall. There's nothing positive that can be drawn out of that instance. 

In the same context, introducing a situation that presents no resistance can often lend itself to be a scary endeavor for the immediate environment. Usually, and with the notion of "bird's of a feather..." having no resistance is a tool that comes across as being volatile...if that makes any sense.  Either way, when you start the cycle, you perpetuate goodness.  No more standing (against) the spin-cycles that serve only to drag you down.  Circling the drain isn't fun for anyone, but there are some people that feel compelled to stay there -- in among the hair and soap scum, pleading their case for being saved. If instead, the mustered up some strength of spirit, laced up their boots and went traipsing out of the scum...they'd be much better off.  And in the event that you become aware of what it is that you stand for, only to see those around you standing against something else...well, march on little soldier! Remember, there is no appreciation to be had for the self when you can't get out of your own way.