http://www.visibleorigami.com/2020/06/only-path-of-love-can-cut-through.html

The fear of these times is palpable. It presents differently depending on the person. In many cases, although Fear is the source of the comportment, the vehicle of expression can be anything from anger to a forced hilarity. I've seen just about every kind of variation in my 'just passing through' this vale of tears. I have to say, I am less impressed by the day with this world. Maybe it is part of the aging process, the closer you get to leaving, the less reason you have for staying; at least in my case that is. I have noticed that in many cases, the closer they get to leaving, the more desperate they are to stay. I am guessing that is for two reasons. One of them is attachment and the other is their having made no preparations concerning their onward course. All they know of life is here, and so... suffering is their guidance system. Unfortunately it goes nowhere but in circles of life after life. Unseen within the circle, is a spiral on a barely perceptible incline. This is the spiral of evolution. Just as a form of evolution exists on the physical plane, it exists on the spiritual plane as well and both of them can involve vast reaches of time.

One does not have to be a random pinball, bouncing off of the bumpers of cause and effect. One can hothouse their evolution. As Krishna said “Success is speedy for the energetic.” Personally, that is my preference. I fail to see the attraction in doing the same things over and over in hope of a different result. Strangely... at least for me, this same understanding is not commonly shared. When I was young I strove with all the strength I had to get beyond the snares of this world but... it was to no avail. I was thrust into the cauldron of Karma, whether from debt, or desire, or even because I thought I might do some good and now... I simply hope I did more good than ill. It feels that it might be so but... as I never tire of saying, I don't know.