wisdom first, serenity later

"I'm sorry," they called out to their family for not calling more.

"I'm sorry," they called out to their mother, still dead.

"I'm sorry," they called out to students they failed, whether in grade or education.

"I'm sorry," they called out to their lovers, past and present.

"I'm sorry," they called out to the friends they'd snapped at, the strangers they'd bumped in the street, the people asking for change to whom they'd not given, missed connections they'd failed to write.

And then, from the wind, "you can say sorry all you want but you can't make them come back."

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put differently: Every Shitty Thing - Murder City Devils

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wise bodies

without tests and treatments, we remembered how to listen to our wise bodies. wise sour stomachs whisper for peppermint and ginger. wise nervous systems call for skullcap, turmeric, and pepper. wise feet take our wise backs for walks. wise hands planted rosemary last spring that they may now crush sticky green needles in offering to the tension in our wise temples. ha! and then we remembered to release the tension in our Temples. movement offerings to align our chakras and cleanse our meridians. meditation offerings to rest our minds and stretch our spirits. from each according to their ability to each according to their need we healed. abandoned by “the health care system,” we sought diagnoses in the wisdom of our bodies and treatment in the generosity of the flora and fauna about us. this wisdom has been cultivated through so much careful, measured research carried out over centuries… millennia! — the long way — the slow way — the way things grow when we are patient. sustainably. har...

the necessity of your joy

Pain is a signal from our bodies to tell our brains that we should probably check something out. It is also a reminder that, after we have addressed the issue, we are still in repair and should not overdo it. This pain is helpful. Thank you, pain. Sometimes pain lingers and treatment is not available or available treatment is ineffective. This pain sits and reminds you to do a task that can’t be completed. Sometimes, pain continues even though there is no evident reason for it. This pain reminds you to do a task that doesn’t need doing. This type of pain is harder to thank. But its existence cannot be changed. Do you remember that time your hand got slammed in a door and someone asked if you were okay but you couldn’t respond because there were only red diamonds and magma light? There wasn’t much to do about it but eventually that pain faded. Do you know what you would be like if it didn’t? Can you accept something you cannot thank? How many impossible things can you believe before bre...

a relinquishing prayer

I give thanks to everything that took this breath before me. I seek remembrance that we are one. Please send me the willingness to let go of my fears that I may wrap myself in Love. May each step be guided by Collective Liberation. Save me from selfishness and suspicion. May I honor the Universe within and without. --------- day 22 #pandowrimo @adriennemareebrown Post pandemic, how are we envisioning and creating collective/communal living? - @lettuce.bee.free

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