“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.”
~ Herman Melville
To love the world
on a day such as this
eyes
open
ambiguous holidays
reasons to be thankful, blessed
in receiving
yet, consciously aware
of the taking
and the privilege that allows
those
who will not see
observe then
differently, tenderly
a thousand fibers connect us
May this day find you well
in mind, in body and in
spirit
May you be safe
from persecution, prosecution, the atrocities of war
in any and all forms, acts of aggression, discrimination
and inhumanity
May you find ease
for any pain and for
all suffering
May love and kindness surround you
soften your edges
and rest deeply
in your heart
and
May we care enough
to
at the very least
do no harm
wish
no harm
and cause no harm
We cannot live only for ourselves.
a thousand fibers connect us
and this,
our true blessing ♥ -^-