From my sky to your sky,
may we stitch together this tattered,
ever-beautiful world
with more listening and less shouting,
more kindness and less hate,
more bread and no bombs,
more hope and less cynicism,
more reality and fewer lies,
more resources and less deprivation
and always, always, more love.
May blessings circle one and all in the New Year.
present moment, safe moment
May we be held in loving-kindness.
May we hold others in loving-kindness.
May we be free of inner and outer harm.
May we remember our essential goodness, irrespective of arising conditions.
May we be free of suffering.
May we be healed.
May we be at peace.
For an uplifting dialogue on the differences between healing and curing, the importance of human connection in life and health care, and a raft of warm wisdom, consider listening to this interview with Rachel Naomi Remen by Krista Tippett.
https://onbeing.org/programs/rachel-naomi-remen-listening-generously/
We cannot choose what is arising in any given moment: the unexpected experiences or conditions, the spontaneous ‘felt sense’ in the body, or related emotions and thoughts. However, we can choose how we respond. Within this awareness, lies freedom.