I see these flowers as rising up to bless the hard earth. —Ellen Lowery
SELF TALK FOR TROUBLED TIMES
You are old, maybe wise enough to know
what you must resist courageously,
where you need to persist wholeheartedly.
Isn’t it obvious when you wake grateful
for this sweet body that carries you,
blessed by this tender earth that holds you?
Really it couldn’t be more straightforward:
your sole purpose is love, and that is
all it has been or ever will be.
So stop worrying and get on with it.
—Peggy Ludtke
Light has always signified the presence of the holy. But, really, it could be just two people holding hands. —Ken Stewart
I’ve been trying to imagine archetypal figures to fight the battles of our times. Daily now there are threats to the rights of common people. People flee from famine, corruption and failed states and live for year in limbo of makeshift camps and uncertain futures. Long-held protections of our air and water, the very finite resources of our lives, are being put at risk because of an ever-increasing population and sometimes for the sake of corporate greed. In the face of climate change and global warming, some politicians are putting their self-interest first and a blind eye to its reality and the human suffering that has already begun. The earth feels victimized. A concerned Mother Earth is watching. —Judy Fawcett
