Rejoice!

Human Born

“Of all the things that exist,

we breathe and wake and turn it into song.”

Mark Nepo (The Book of Awakening, p.1)

New Year's Day—2018. We are almost at the end of the second decade of the twenty-first century! Who can believe it! And, at this moment in our existence, we have created both the best of all worlds, and the worst of all worlds. We humans are the only living creatures on planet earth with that capacity. We can use our hands and our brains to help or to hinder; we can free the oppressed or we can incarcerate them; we can use our incredible technology to benefit the whole planet, or to destroy it. What unbelievable power we yield.

Is that power guided by love? Some of it is. The way, it seems to me, to access that guidance is through gratitude. It is a privilege to be born into a human lifetime. It is a gift beyond measure. And not only born human, but born on a planet that is magnificent in its beauty and bounty. We have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to use the time we are here, however long or brief it may be, to contribute to the growth of human consciousness.

To that end, I hope that this new year will be one of growing awareness of what is the next step, the next best thing, the next positive act that you and I can do to support human evolution. Never underestimate the power of one voice, one word, or one deliberate act of kindness to impact the whole world.

                                                                 In the Spirit,

                                                                     Jane