Another year ends and wishes for good will and peace abound. So I will add my wishes for each of you, those I know and love and those that I don’t know but together we share this earth, her abundance, the air, water and our human kinship.
My wish is that we take time away from busyness and remember how precious is each moment; that we appreciate silence and its simplicity. And that we cultivate the inherent wisdom we hold to transform the world anew.
My hope is that as we come to love and respect ourselves we will realize the interconnectedness of the human family, realize we are one race and end the ignorance of separation and superiority.
That we will find the courage to break the chains of belief and allow for new vision and dreams to manifest. And that we challenge the stories that keep us locked into war as a resolution of conflict and the ideas of scarcity that lead the powerful toward conquest.
That we listen to marginalized people who are facing the destruction of the earth and their ways of life and find the determination to end the use of fossil fuels. This we must do in loving recognition for those who will come after us.
Ultimately let us find creative ways to break our silence and speak power to justice recognizing we can do more than pray. We’ve been given all the tools we need to make life on earth better for everyone. Let’s do it.
Mostly I wish for us to discover the gifts that lie in our own hearts and to ignore the doubts that tell us peace cannot be.
If we can throw off the shackles of belief.
If we can feel even one drop more our humanity.
If we can challenge the lies we have been told.
If we can recognize our comfort should not be bound in another’s sacrifice…
If and only if…
We will make this world a better place for everyone.
In 2024, find the courage and the clarity to be human.
Sign on to the numerous petitions demanding a permanent ceasefire and an end to all financial support of Israel’s war on civilians.
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Take time to read more than US propaganda. Think about it. And act.
Hear other voices like Democracy Now.
We can make 2024 the year we move towards peace.
let kindness win 