Heart Rock in the Labyrinth
My prayer this Valentine’s Day is that we fall deeply in love with ALL Life...
With love the pivot of change emerges, the lever stretches long enough to move the world, the arc of the universe bends toward justice, the spirit of humanity soars, and the flood of life revives. Rivera Sun Love: A Feast Beyond Valentine’s Day (read it here).
A few mornings back I wrote in my journal Life is my valentine! I was thinking about peace activism and reflecting on a conversation I’d watched engaging three “radical Palestinian and Israeli peace activists”. I was struck by many things, but most of all one activist’s fervent call that we fall in love with all Life. (click here to listen)
I thought about the insanity of war. I wondered when will we say ‘Enough!’ and end the madness? There is NO question to which war is the answer.
My prayer this Valentine’s Day is that we fall deeply in love with Life, so deeply that at last we say ‘NO!’ To war. To violence. To hatred. To our degradation of the soil and water that are the very sources of Life. To injustice. To cruelty. To all that does not honor Life.
AND that each step we take and each choice we make from this day forward honors that deep love. Honors Life. For that is the necessary pivot that will guide us to co-create a world where all Life thrives.
I invite you to read Rivera’s essay filled with juicy food for thought and to listen to the peace activists’ conversation. I’m curious to know what her wisdom moves and evokes in you. And this Valentine’s Day I feel called into the woods to listen to the Life to be nurtured there.
Love in the Woods Out Back