sit with trees and know

trees are so patient

hundreds of years

in one spot

they know who they are

the bitter cold

the loss

the long vigil

faith in spring

steadfastness

in their purpose

years come and go

the circle of life

the fiber of their being

their roots in the now

their limbs

reaching…

Sisters and brothers, I have been away for a while dealing with health issues. These calamities have been my providence. When you must face difficulties, there is an opportunity to grow. I've had to let go of things I thought I couldn't live without. Someone told me that sacrifice is letting go of something lower so you can grab hold of something higher.

This new world we have been moving into is fraught with difficulties--that means we can learn and grow. I belong to a group that…

I'm sure you all have had personal crises. No one is immune. We are in a collective crisis. Our personal crisis changed us for the better if we allowed it to transform us and see it with clear vision .



"My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy. Hasten thereunto that thou mayest become an eternal light and an immortal spirit."…

Here are two wonderful quotes from over a hundred years ago about everything is connected:

“…the chains of existence contain countless links, each connected with the other. This connection is the cause of the appearance of the invisible powers in the world of the visible.”

“It is obvious that all created things are connected one to another by a linkage complete and…

I recommend this site. I joined:

http://ervinlaszlo.com/

Beloved Community*

"If thine eyes be turned towards mercy,…

"Strive that the ideal of international peace may become realized through the efforts of womankind, for man is more inclined to war than woman, and a real evidence of woman’s superiority will be her service and efficiency in the establishment of universal peace." -- Bahá'í Faith

"O leaf upon the Tree of Life! The Tree of Life, of which mention is made in the Bible, is Bahá’u’lláh, and the daughters of the…

The body politic today is greatly in need of a physician. It is similar to a human body afflicted with severe ailments. A doctor diagnoses the case and prescribes treatment. He does not prescribe, however, until he has made the diagnosis. The disease which afflicts the body politic is lack of love and absence of altruism. In the hearts of men no real love is found, and the condition is such that, unless their susceptibilities are quickened by some power so…

I remembered once, in Japan, having been to see the Gold Pavilion Temple in Kyoto and being mildly surprised at

quite how well it had weathered the passage of time since it was first built in

the fourteenth century. I was told…