Hope and Courage

 

The rains may replenish and nourish but

may also drown and rise up taking any and all 
 

The air may provide sustenance

but its winds may also blow and suck the life out of all in its path 
 

The earth may firmly support us but may also part dropping us into terror
 

Mother Earth today I may see peace but also know your wrath 
 

May I earn your support through

ACCOUNTABILITY in all of my actions,

SUSTAINABILITY in my intentions and

SINCERITY in my stewardship
 

The air, the earth, the water…we are one

What I do to you, I do to myself and my children   
 

Please guide me

Open my path so I may share this with others... for all of our hearts can beat as one 

Let me take just a moment to lie down on your soft spring grass in the light of the sun,

close my eyes, and feel your comfort  
 

I know you are my only destiny
 

 

May I always be grateful for your guidance and kindness
 

Today in my meditation I followed my path and went ten steps through this gray sky

then entered “the blue” an endless bright, comforting blue sky above this gray cloud covered earth. I stayed in “the blue”, rejoiced in this clarity and shared “the blue” with others. We sang in a circle of “the blue” with all. The music was rich. I shared “the blue” with all my loved ones, all countries, all humankind, all living things, all spaces. I shared “the blue” with an open hand.
 

I give thanks for my hands and skin so I can touch and be touched.
I give thanks for my hips so I can stand firmly in my beliefs of stewardship

I give thanks for my heart so I can love and be loved

I give thanks for my head…may I think wisely and share this wisdom and quest with others
 

I give thanks for my higher power…may I always have hope and courage.

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Today

 

 

Acknowledge what I have done today.

Acknowledge each task at hand before

brushing it away into the wind.

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Listen

Listen from love

not fear

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Shadow

 

Where there is a shadow

there is also light shining upon

what is still standing

 

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What Have We Done

 

 

I have written standing in the snow

in the bitter cold of the winter

in the high winds of fall and

in the rains of all seasons

but today I stand in short sleeves

no jacket

feeling as if I am in a tropical place yet it is New Jersey in late December

 

Yesterday was warm and scores of robins flew around not knowing which way to go

but today there are no robins this tepid morning

Where have they gone?

The only thing I can see and hear is the wild squawking of the Canadian geese down yonder

and the breezes from the treetops

Oh baron trees

Oh melting ice

Oh soggy ground

I ask

What have we done?

These gentle raindrops do not know

but in this moment there is no mystery

What have we done?

The sky is getting darker and darker as these rain clouds roll on by

What have we done?

What have we done?

 

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