Take care of Mother Earth and She will take care of you Take care of your brother and sister Take what you need but not more than you need Share what you have Give thanks to the spiritual source of the Universe
Here is all the politics we need: My blue sky pervades each atom of your body. Your blue sky pervades each atom of my body. Where you are, I am. Where I am, you are. All our troubles lie in the veil of a single thought: "I am not you." Love is letting this thought dissolve.
In a time of hate, Love is an act of resistance. In a time of fear, Faith is an act of resistance. In a time of misinformation, Education is an act of resistance. In a time of poor leadership, Community is an act of resistance. In a time like this, Joy is an act of resistance. Resist. Resist. Resist.
Behold this empty space between your certainty and mine, this area of sunlight free of claim and counterclaim, this bright meadow where no one has shouted, bullied, or begged, where butterflies are sovereign, where birdsong is our legislation, where you walk and I could walk out into the open, look around, and speak - first of children, then of our dreams, and only then of the work we will do together,
This a fast, to keep the larder lean? And clean from veals and sheep? Is it to quit the dish of flesh, yet still to fill the platter high with fish? Is it to fast an hour, or ragg'd to go, or show a downcast look and sour? No; 'tis a fast to dole thy sheaf of wheat and meat unto the hungry soul. It is to fast from strife, from old debate and hate; to circumcise thy life, To show a heart grief-rent; to starve thy sin, not bin; and that's to keep thy Lent.