You and I are Earth
I want to start with a quote from writer, activist, and teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh. In Being Peace, he writes:
“If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in every sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for
It doesn’t feel safe, but it feels pregnant with possibility. And, like every human before me, I’m going to have to make my peace with that arrangement. To repeat, it was always like this.
Emergence Magazine • Navigating the Mysteries
the realization that we are all one, that we are all in this together, and that this fact is the only thing that truly matters.
Ryan Holiday • Stillness Is the Key
What if being human means being a cosmic émigré—vulnerable, exposed, unsettled, desperate, looking for a home I’ve never been to before? The longings of the refugee—to escape hunger, violence, and the quotidian experience of being bereft in order to find security, flourishing, and freedom—are good and just precisely because they are so deeply human
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