The news keeps getting worse day by day. The world is heating up and burning up. Species are vanishing from the planet at an alarming rate. Hatred, fear and anger are pandemic. So are feelings of hopelessness and despair.
Yet there is hope, probably our only hope, and it lies in something so fundamental that we hardly ever think about it. But maybe we should.
I came across the following two paragraphs online the other day. They describe, in much better words than I ever could, what I know and feel at the core of my being. I hope they hold true for you as well. I believe we were all born with this feeling, this knowledge, but we've buried it under the stresses, worries, biases, skepticism, frustration and anger that come from living in the modern world. Let's uncover it, bring it forth, and use it as a guide to finding the wholeness and fulfillment which each of us craves, and which are our birthright:
"Here’s what I know: I believe in a world that can’t be seen [yet], only sensed with the heart. A world where we each inherit the worth of being human simply for existing. A world where power is what comes from within each of us, equally. Power is with us, not over or above; it’s shared. I believe in a world where we each get to use this brief time here to listen and follow the dictates of our own soul, not the limits of the ego, ours or anyone else’s. A world where we realize we have the genius, the imagination, and the commitment to feed, educate, house, and heal each other. Then we will have moved the story forward of what it means to be human.
Here’s what I know: if I believe in this world that I can’t see but can sense is real, is already here, right now in my heart, and if you tell me this world is in your heart, too, there’s hope. If this world exists in my heart and yours and we’ve never met, then the hope is even more immense."
(by Meggan Watterson, excerpted with kind permission from https://www.megganwatterson.com/blog/2020/8/5/heart-to-heart)
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