Collective in our grief.

Collective in our work.

Collective in our worry.

Collective in our support.

Let us cultivate unity as we bear witness to the story of the other and press into our own narrative of the moment, turning towards the words or the silence, offering comfort or quiet, laughter or prayer.

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As for the continued work in our internal world…

May we acknowledge our need to retreat from the current war on this globe and soothe the ache or agony like the tender caress of new love. Let comfort and boldness both seduce you toward the present moment.

Let the significance of our faith or joy or love not negate the important role of our sadness or worry or fear. These too can be collective.

Let us honor the humanness around us and within us with bravery and gratitude. Tender emotions can coexist with those of anger and fear. Hold them both and treat them each as valuable messengers from our nervous system, not as absolute truth but as valuable friends and proof of our condition as cohabitants on this planet.

Let us notice this magnificent globe of ours and the active world inside our minds overcoming the odds and coming together collectively as we stay apart.