Upheavals And Rebirth

Watching one of the many documentaries about Mayan prophecies regarding 2012, one main point constantly attracts my attention. I am not particularly concerned about the physical upheavals that may or may not occur. Either they do or they don't, they are totally out of our control. But one idea is extremely interesting. Talking about the end of the 26,000 years cycle that has taken the 12 zodiac constellations to complete their "procession" around the sun, we realize that the Mayan people gave the date December 21 of the current year a great meaning. They saw it as a time of change, transformation, rebirth. It makes a lot of sense, because the whole world needs some positive renovation, if we want our civilization to survive. But my opinion is that we do not need to wait for the coming winter solstice to think about our life. Every day, "today" is the time to look for what we can do to transform ourselves (to the extent each of us needs), in order to turn ourselves into the best human beings we can be. We might have floods, earthquakes and tsunami, although we hope these events won't happen -  or at least they wont' be as catastrophic as some inauspicious modern Nostradamus-like "prophets" forecast. But, as much as a change in the present environment  is extremely necessary, - due to the selfish way some powerful "ones" have been (and still are) mistreating nature - the most important change must happen inside of us. It's us who need to be reborn, if we want to save our mind, our spirit, our relationships, our planet. We can all "re-create" ourselves, leaving old negative patterns of thought and behavior behind, and be like the mythical Phoenix who was reborn from her own ashes.