January 15, 2007
Dahlin Dears,
I missed writing you on the
Full Moon this past month! Here is my La
Luna greeting for you:
“You and I are spiritual
beings capable of health, capable of ease, capable of intelligence, capable of
functioning wisely in this good world of ours." --Raymond Charles Barker
As we begin this New Year, I
find myself meditating on faith and hope.
For each of us, these qualities mean different things. For me, they have
to do with prayer for a faith so deep that awareness of the Divine will help me
hand over my illness, my concerns so that the worries and anxiety are removed,
or at least lessened to a point where my life is calmer and filled with the
capacity for joy. Trust has to do with trusting that such faith will be given
to me as I not only "get through the day," but that I dance with the
day, and give thanks for waking up each morning, resurrected to the gift of
life.
This new year finds me also
praying for an end to the war this administration has waged for longer than the
Second World War lasted. As some of you
know, I was against this war from the beginning, and I continue to do what I
can to contribute to peace. Peace within and peace in the world. I see our blue
and green planet spinning in space and ask that we wage peace, not war. And I
pray for all those injured and killed in this war, even as I pray for our
citizens who fight this war, give their lives, lives that we rarely witness in
the news. Unlike Viet Nam, images of the
soldiers being carried out on stretcher is forbidden by this administration, so
it is easy to forget the blood on their bodies, and the blood on the hands of
this administration.
As Lena Wurtmier said,
"Everything is political, down to which wildflower we pick out of a field
is a political act." I believe
this. I believe, as we celebrate Rev.
Doctor Martin Luther King's birthday today, in his faith and behavior, that
non-violence is the only moral response to violence.
I know some of you will
disagree. That is fine. We are all entitled to speak what we
believe. I have made known my belief,
and stand by it, with the hope and faith I pray for.
Who will take my hand as we
pray for a just peace? Who will take my
hand as we pray for those in this rich country of ours who are hungry and
homeless?
Who will pray for kindness
in a world that is terrified? Who will
join my hand as we reject terror for love?
As we step into 2007, I also
feel gratitude for each of you, and send you my heartfelt prayers, especially
those of you who are suffering mentally or physically. May you recognize that we are tenants on this
earth, and that our lives past so quickly.
Please take my hand, in love, hope, and peace.
I await the touch of your
palms against mine.
With gratitude and love,
Rebecca
Copyright, 2007
