( – promoted by buhdydharma )
If you knew that you would be alone,
Knowing right, being wrong,
Would you change?
Would you change?If you knew that you would find a truth
That brings up pain that can’t be soothed
Would you change?
Would you change?Are you so upright you can’t be bent?
If it comes to blows are you so sure you won’t be crawling?
If not for the good, why risk falling?
Why risk falling?If everything you think you know,
Makes your life unbearable,
Would you change?
Would you change?How bad, how good does it need to get?
How many losses? How much regret?
What chain reaction would cause an effect?
Makes you turn around,
Makes you try to explain,
Makes you forgive and forget,
Makes you change?
Makes you change?Tracy Chapman, Change
So, what are we waiting for?
But the train is coming.
People get ready, there’s a train a comin’
You don’t need no baggage, you just get on board
All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin’
Don’t need no ticket, you just thank the LordPeople get ready for the train to Jordan
It’s picking up passengers from coast to coast
Faith is the key, open the doors and board ’em
There’s room for all of the loved and lost.
If not now, when?
If not today, then, what happens tomorrow?
If you become the change you want to see
You change.
It is time to speak your Truth. Create your community. Be good to each other. And do not look outside yourself for the leader. This could be a good time! There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart, and they will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water. See who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally. Least of all, ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt. The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
-The Elders Oraibi Arizona Hopi Nation
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AN OPEN LETTER HEALING FROM TERRORISM SICKNESS, September 15, 2001
By Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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